In this analysis, we focus on the importance of culture through African languages in the construction of identity and community. Linguistic alienation, the expression of a colonization of the mind.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere, a Swahili advocate. Keystone/Getty Images Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common history, they have also found themselves engaged in ethnic ...

A new book called Ethnicity, Identity and Conceptualizing Community in Indian Ocean East Africa tracks the history of the coastal communities of east Africa and how the Sabaki family of Bantu ...

Languages are not only mediums of communication but also repositories of cultural identity, history, and tradition. However, many languages around Africa are disappearing at an alarming rate. Some ...

Prince A. Williams ’25, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a History concentrator in Adams House. Before my sophomore year, I was terrified of deciding what foreign language to take. The idea of learning ...

Researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), specializing in the study of digital technologies and their impact on the African labour market. Recently, a Kenyan ...