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1.3B people worldwide speak African languages. Why don't Milwaukee colleges teach more of them?

A WUWM listener asked why colleges in Milwaukee don't offer African languages as foreign languages. Marquette and UWM only ...
The Christian Science Monitor

Seeking a stronger connection to Africa, young Egyptians learn Swahili

Interest in studying Swahili – the lingua franca of much of East Africa – is booming in Egypt.
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Latina in South Africa shows her multilingual talents in TikTok video

A South African Latina showcases her impressive multilingual skills in a viral TikTok, highlighting the country's rich ...
iAfrica

South African Universities Join Forces to Build AI Language Models for isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sepedi

A group of South African researchers is working to ensure that African languages are not left behind as artificial ...
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White South African inspires by learning isiXhosa, gains community support on TikTok

A South African woman showed people that she was learning an African language as a non-native speaker The lady let people know that she was making progress learning one of the biggest languages in ...
The Citizen

Roadshow draws attention to Department of Education’s language strategy

A recent roadshow is putting the spotlight on mother tongue education, empowering school leaders to rethink how language ...
The Conversation

COVID was a setback for indigenous languages: South African lecturers on what went wrong

Cape Peninsula University of Technology provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. South African indigenous languages are among those at risk of a serious decline due to the increasing ...
The Conversation

Learning in two languages: lessons from francophone Africa on what works best

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...