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The Future of Languages of Kenya: Adopting the Principles of Environmental Conservation

Author: Kibiwott Peter Kurgat
Organisation: School of Arts and Sciences United States International University Nairobi
Publish Date: 2006
Country: Kenya
Sector: Development
Method: Foresight
Theme: Public Good
Type: Other publication
Language: English
Tags: Linguistic diversity, Local African languages, English education, Mother tongues, Political decisions

The problems facing local languages in Africa are akin to challenges faced by conservationists dealing with the environment. In other words, the problems attendant to conservation can be shown to inform challenges facing linguistic diversity in Africa. Issues that have been seen as inimical to the development and promotion of the local languages include current educational policies and uninformed politics that have acted as factors that inhibit at best and, at worst, frustrate any attempts to make mother tongues an important part of national development. Suggested solutions to environmental conservation can therefore be seen to illuminate on appropriate (informed) solutions that can help a country harness its cultural and linguistic diversity for the betterment of society in general. Borrowing from the principles of conservation, suggestions are made that can be taken on board in order to stem the threat to linguistic diversity in the Kenya.
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