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LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM Linguistic imperialism is the process whereby dominant powers impose their language on those they colonise, suppressing indigenous languages and thus marginalising their speakers and sustaining power inequalities. Indigenous languages in colonial Africa were frowned upon, while colonial languages were made mandatory. In Anglophone Africa, policies were all...

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SOURCES: A Post-Colonial Perspective on African Education Systems by Getahun Yacob Abraham English and American Linguistic Hegemony: A Case Study of the Educational Testing Service by Yeonhee Yoo and Gon Namkung

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From Kenya to Sudan, linguistic imperialism was used to strip away our identity. But we are resilient, and reclaiming our languages is part of the revolution. Teach, speak, and celebrate our African tongues. 🗣️🔥

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I was punished in Nigeria for speaking my mother tongue in school.

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Africa has plenty of its own colonising languages. Here in Malawi, Chichewa out-competes other more minor and smaller-population languages, driving them to gradual extinction. So it is not just languages such as English, French, Arabic, etc.

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This is what they want you to believe Russian propaganda is 😂 Nna

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And you wonder why I passed the message below? Well then,wonder no more. 🔗;

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Agreed. The loss of language is consistent with the loss of life.

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And the big question now is what bout Africa currently doing bout it?

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