Dr Ernie Smith writes:

Æµ§œš¹  I agree with your second option, i.e., “to follow that paragraph with further academic discussion or even report on a scholarly response to Baugh's work”.  You should know that after checking the references again I discerned that you are abolutely correct.  Indeed, it is not Blackshire Belay that Baugh posits as his source for Afrocentic view number (ii).  Based on the footnote number 8 that appears after the first phrase in numder (ii), i.e., “refer to the languages of the African diaspora as a whole;[8]” Baugh actually attributes this view to; Williams (1975) and Williams (1997).   This prompts the question; is the second phrase that appears to be a continuation of number (ii) which states; “or it may refer to what is normally regarded as a variety of English: either” also included as what Dr.Williams posits?  For if it is attributed to Dr. Williams, I still say it is not Afrocentric and to posit this phrase as an Afrocentric view is in fact an outright misrepresentation of what Dr. Williams has stated.

Ernie Smith ~