Rwanda dumps french as it's national languag

[Ronnie Lott]

fukk France.
14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax For the Benefits of Slavery and Colonization | SiliconAfrica

 

[BigMan]

The French language has international use.
Western Europeans have a method to forcing their language into the international community, the fact that Mandarin is almost entirely useless outside of China even with a billion plus speakers is really telling.
Hopefully they can push Swahili far deeper.
I'd almost wish for a "Common" language, formed by a confederation of all international states, to go along with national languages, to prevent language imperialism.

Like Esperanto?

I'm personally not a fan if those constructed languages

 

[EndDomination]

Like Esperanto?

I'm personally not a fan if those constructed languages

Yeah, I'm not either.
More of just a concept than a reality unfortunately.

 

[thatrapsfan]

How much of this is a result of the French-Rwanda diplomatic incidents in the last 2 to 3 years. The French led efforts to censure Rwanda for its East DRC activities over the objections of Susan Rice and the United States when the rebels Kagame supports in East DRC were creating serious human rights issues. They have had strained relations even after the French supported the previous regime but used French as a language then. African leaders like posturing and their go to move is always pan-African. Al Bashir did that with the ICC and so did Kenya even after being a solid Western ally for a long time. It is easier to sell yourself that way even when in the case of Rwanda a country that has had more than 2 decade long reliance on foreign aid.

Agree with most of what you said, but this move has more to do with older events and has been in works for a decade.. This from 2008 is a good summary from the official announcement: Rwanda to switch from French to English in schools

They joined the Commonwealth a year later: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8384930.stm

The main trigger towards their aggressive move away from a French orientation was when France arrested one of Kagames people, with charge that they shot down Habyarimana's helicopter:

Rwandan president Kagame threatens French nationals with arrest

Kagame talks a lot of Pan-African hot air to give him populist weight on the continent but hes a very astute actor and knows how to leverage international ties to his benefit.

 

[3rdWorld]

French is the language of eurocentric romance not international business and relations.
Those nations owe France nothing.
France benefits if you use their language as a medium of instruction etc. English is global.

 

[ChatGPT-5]

French is the language of eurocentric romance not international business and relations.
Those nations owe France nothing.
France benefits if you use their language as a medium of instruction etc. English is global.

I keep saying this....

 

[BlackJesus]

While I believe Swahili and other African languages should be spread and widely used (language is a tool of white supremacy).

This look like it could be fake-ish news. Multiple sources report different thangs.

Rwanda moves to make Swahili its fourth official language | Africanews

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Me thinks it has more to do with France calling out Kagame for his certain crimes after the genocide.

I've started learning swahili since last week

god damn, those words are hard to pronounce

You better keep practicing p*ssy.

Swahili is such a beautiful language.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

^^And yes I song that whole entire national anthem multiple times.

 

[3rdWorld]

Me thinks it has more to do with France calling out Kagame for his certain crimes after the genocide.




You better keep practicing p*ssy.

Swahili is such a beautiful language.

Rwanda and Burundi blames France for shooting down the plane with the two presidents starting the genocide..

 

[intruder]

fukk France.
14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax For the Benefits of Slavery and Colonization | SiliconAfrica

And don't forget Haiti, the whipping boy for all white supremacist countries.

We did that. So hopefully our black brothers in other territories wouldn't have to go through that. Yet they still did

 

[intruder]

I can't wait for English to be wiped out the continent too. English and Portuguese.

Where is that clown ass fakkit that was arguing with me last year when I agreed with one of the English speaking African countries dropped English?

I gotta find that damn link/thread.

Mofos done got so comfortable with Masa's language they can't even appreciate nor even respect their own true tongues. Kolanget manman'l

Edit: FOUND IT. Yeah it was that clown @1stPick. Think @Poitier may have been in it too

Tanzania drops English as the language of instruction in secondary schools

 

[SchrodingersStrapped!]

dope !





Tu es en colère !

 

[intruder]

Tu es en colère !

I'm done with you clones

 

[kayslay]

I've started learning swahili since last week

god damn, those words are hard to pronounce

Do you think you have a strong command of the language?