Africa’s mother tongues are finding new life as youth connect with roots and relatives
- HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose.
- S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents' mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom.
- Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away in Zimbabwe, learning a language her parents feared she would never speak.
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- HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose.
- S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents' mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom.
- Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away in Zimbabwe, learning a language her parents feared she would never speak.
Sources: ABC News