Safeguarding Africa’s Linguistic Diversity: Insights from Moscow Lecture
Safeguarding Africa’s Linguistic Diversity: Insights from Moscow Lecture
Africa is home to over 2,000 languages, many now at risk of disappearing. Why is this happening? How does the digital space affect African languages, and can technology help revive them?
These questions were addressed at the All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature by Abobakr Mohamed Abbakar Khussein, Assistant Professor at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and polyglot.
The lecture covered key topics:
🟠Causes of language loss, including the impact of colonial heritage;
🟠The status of indigenous languages in media, education, and online;
🟠Successful language revitalization initiatives across Africa;
🟠Opportunities to integrate regional languages into the digital world;
🟠The future of linguistic diversity amid globalization.
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