Africa's indigenous languages as the cornerstone of the African Renaissance
Africa's indigenous languages as the cornerstone of the African Renaissance
This article explores and emphasises the crucial link between the African Renaissance and Africa's indigenous languages. It sheds light on the impact of colonial languages on Africa's colonial state. Indigenous African languages, Ndhlovu (2008, 42) says ‘are essential for the decolonisation of African minds and for the African Renaissance’. However, the finding was that the promotion of colonial languages at the expense of indigenous African languages is characteristic of the colonial state of Africa. The argument is, therefore, in favour of the consideration of indigenous African languages in the promotion of African Renaissance.
CITATION: Nkuna, Paul H.. Africa's indigenous languages as the cornerstone of the African Renaissance . : Taylor & Francis , 2013. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies , Vol. 8, No. 2, November 2013, pp. 70-88 - Available at: https://library.au.int/africas-indigenous-languages-cornerstone-african-renaissance-4