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Are you speaking the language of the hustler?

If you listen to a typical Briton in the English countryside, you may not understand what he is saying. His accent is very different from what you hear from the Queen of England or on BBC news.

I found myself in such a situation on my first visit to the US’ Deep South, specifically in Mississippi. I almost asked for a translator. Could that be the problem in communicating the risks of Covid-19 to the hustlers, the Kenyan majority?

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