Develop African Languages, Capture The Underlying Culture, And Preserve Digitally
Apr 01, 2021
3 minutes
BY TSHILIDZI MARWALA
IN , Ngŭgĭ wa Thiong’o writes about the politics of language in African literature. Ngŭgĭ observes that languages serve as carriers of cultures and for communication. He also observes that languages such as English and French in Africa are hegemonic and serve as cultural bombs threatening the very existence of many languages. Ngŭgĭ also observes that writing in African languages can serve as a bullet-proof method to save languages from extinction.
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