Pan Africanism : What Main Language Should a United Africa speak?

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  1. ABSiblings Well-Known Member

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    People often encourage Ki-Swahili, but given that most of the diaspora are West Africans and Ki-Swahili is East African . . ..

    What do you all think?
    ABSiblings, Dec 16, 2011
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    I think that Afraka is too large and that we are too diverse culturally for there to be "one main language". That's like locking us in a box! I speak Swahili...but I use that as a means of privacy with my family as well as to speak with others from Afraka who may know it. I think that if there is a main language that it should only be of use in the political circle.
    Keita Kenyatta, Dec 17, 2011
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    Good question. I read a similar question at another site.
    The afrikan world is large, no doubt. But just about any-
    where in the world one goes we can kind someone who
    speaks english. If 65-70% or the afrikan world agreed to
    take an afrikan language a universalize it throughout the
    afrikan world, that would be cool. Easier said than done,
    of course. I don't say this to suggest that afrikan folks
    around the world give up their first tongue.

    We in the western world shouldn't give up english and or
    spanish. The brothas and sistas in denmark shouldn't give
    up dutch. Whichever it is, as I've said before (I believe it
    was on a thread regarding afrikan language that skuderjaymes
    created), as was suggest on the other site and I agree with it,
    is that it comes with its own characters/script...
    RAPTOR, Dec 17, 2011
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  4. Ankhur Well-Known Member

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    Exactly!!! Sisters and brothers have been through enough "gotta do this and gotta do that" enforced on them from colonialism to neocolonialism.

    In Nigeria alone folks speak how many languages?

    Let folks have their languages, as well as books and education in their indegenous tongue to preserve culture! A culture that has been under attack for thousands of years.

    They already speak English or French, in their movies, politics and business arena, and hoepfully one day those languages will not be used internally but as mentioned an agreed upon African language.
    Ankhur, Dec 17, 2011
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  5. Knowledge Seed Well-Known Member

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    Swahili is already the official language of the African Union. There's no need to change that. However, what we could and should change is the script that it is written in.

    Any ideas?
    Knowledge Seed, Dec 17, 2011
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