Dr Ernie Smith writes 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