What does it mean to revive Igbo; a language on the verge of extinction, and can saving a language also mean saving a people? This is the question we were investigating when we spoke to Amarachi Attamah, Dr Oluchi Ibe, Ịfụnanya Nwanonyiri, Emeka Ibe, Maazi Ogbonaya, Yvonne Mbanaefo, and we gleaned from the work of Lotanna Igwe-Odunze
You need to work on your French
“Il faut travailler ton Francais”, I recall my mum saying. “You need to work on your French.” It was a regular summer afternoon, and as regular summer afternoons went, I was working on exercises from the next year’s curriculum under my mum’s supervision. This was when I was still in primary school, say grade 3 or 4. The subject I …
Miss Lou’s View ( Patwa):
Celebrating a Jamaican Oman
Fram reggae tu dub poetry tu pride in a wi culcha, nationality, and dialek, whole eep a ting bout wi Jamaican culcha wi owe nuff respek to one oman. As a poet, comedian, folklorist, television and radio personality, singer and actor, di whole a Jamaica luv har like fambily and call har Miss Lou – not Louise Bennett-Coverley. Di way …
The Impact of French Colonization on African Variations of Arabic
The way in which language is molded in every part of the world is very intriguing and to track the way colonization has impacted language and the way in which people communicate is very important.
Lessons from a Sénégalese Polygot
No matter where we come from, languages are the tools by which we gain access to communities. Omar shared with us how growing up in Sénégal naturally made him into a polyglot.
Miss Lou’s View:
Celebrating a Jamaican Oman
From her poetry to her musicals to Ring Ding, Miss Lou’s work always embodied traditional Jamaican culture
The most romantic language in the world
There are about 2000 languages spoken on the African continent. This does not even include its vast diaspora. Our languages, like our peoples, are deeply diverse. Our languages are ancient and modern. They are recited, signed, written, and sung. They are Creoles and pidgins; they are holy languages and love languages. May the best language win.
Why Fante is the most romantic language in the world?
I am of the hope that, by the end of this exercise, you would appreciate a great deal, my presentation of the various perspectives relative to the subject matter, and in conclusion, rightly agree that indeed, Fante, is the most romantic Ghanaian language, therefore, the most romantic language in the world.
Where does a lost language go ?
Language is the foundation of human identity. In all its forms—whether it’s written, spoken, drawn, or signed—it has given us access to learn about societies that date back centuries before our time. It is a way for people and societies to connect and interact.
Xhosa on the international stage
Behind every click, tonal pattern and phoneme, we hear a language so familiar to southern Africa and the continent. It is the language that was taken to the international stage, and amplified Makeba’s exoticness through her music, by having her sing her “click” songs—a diminutive term that white South Africans and Americans used to mimic the Xhosa language. A ‘click song’ to the colonial ear, ‘Qongqothwane’ to the Xhosa ear, but in its essence a song of good fortune.
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