Should Black Folks around the World learn Swahili?

[Dreamestorical]

For one thing, Kiswahili is waaaaaay easier to learn than Igbo or Yoruba. Yoruba is a tonal language and the average English speaker is NOT HERE FOR ALLA DAT!!!! I know people whose parents speak Yoruba to them AT HOME who got their faces cracked trying to learn Yoruba the university level. So WTF I look like as an American trying to learn it???? I think Kiswahili (as there are lots of learning resources) IS a good language to learn. Especially with the tech sector growing in Kenya. I can do a little bit in Hausa, and I know maybe ONE WORD of Igbo, but Kiswahili is spoken over a very wide region and is a very friendly language to learn.

Well If your talking about African americans adopting a language then I have no input on that. Thread starter on the other hand was talking about blacks around the world all speaking swahilli. Yeah that aint happening. Afrcians are not throwing away their languages to learn Swahili. Africans have their own history and cultures that have been passed down for generations through their indigenous languages. Why push that away for swahilli?? We already have English and French and that is enough.

Plus what does the growth of the tech sector in Kenya have to do with learning Swahili?

 

[BezO]

I can dig it. I want to learn another language and being able to speak to any Black person I see around the world would be dope. Communication is one of the keys to any relationship.

I started teaching myself Spanish because it was practical.

 

[.༼-◕_◕-༽.]

Well If your talking about African americans adopting a language then I have no input on that. Thread starter on the other hand was talking about blacks around the world all speaking swahilli. Yeah that aint happening. Afrcians are not throwing away their languages to learn Swahili. Africans have their own history and cultures that have been passed down for generations through their indigenous languages. Why push that away for swahilli?? We already have English and French and that is enough.

Plus what does the growth of the tech sector in Kenya have to do with learning Swahili?

It has already been adapted as the non-European common language of Eastern and (some parts of) Central Africa.

 

[Regine Hunter]

..fukk that.
Just learn pidgin english. regardless of region, most africans identify with this form of creole/vernacular.

 

[How Sway?]

lol you might as well learn pidgin english then

 

[MaLi]

Swahili would be cool. I believe Black people should learn the language of their nearest ancestors, or the Africans that they identify with most. MY reasoning being that it would add a bit more pride to have ONE of our native languages supplement our colonial masters English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc...

We've had a lot stripped from us-- Our names, religion/spiritual beliefs, education, history, pride, languages--- theres nothing wrong with attempting to restore some of that while also addressing the bigger, more immediate issues.

 

[Thebadguy]

Black people in America should learn Gullah.

 

[mbewane]

Well if white people all wanna speak the same language they can...and no it's not to hide what we say..it's so that we all can understand eachother....it would be more easier to learn one language..instead of learning 100 different other languages from around the world..

Anyway I'm all for learning foreign languages, but all AGAINST everybody learning the same language, that's what's been leading to less and less cultural diversity. Languages are cultures, not only means to communicate.

 

[Groanman]

This was one of my favorite episodes of Sandford & Son.


"Adabo, Jack!"

 

[Exiled Martian]

Sounds like a plan @observe good luck with the swag-hili classes breh

 

[Captain Crunch]

This actually makes sense if you think about it

 

[Bawon Samedi]

F that lets all learn Nubian...

Much more poppin than Swahili...

 

[Bawon Samedi]

You afrocentrist morons are fukking stupid. You don't even know shyt about Swahili.

Do you?

 

[Matt504]

I remember Umar suggesting this idea and I agree. it would be awesome to have one less barrier between us.

 

[Captain Crunch]

I remember Umar suggesting this idea and I agree. it would be awesome to have one less barrier between us.

I wonder if he's going to have a language course in his school?