Pan-Africanists Unite Under a Common African Language... Should We?

[Primetime21]

speaking a common african language for all afro-diasporans probably isnt feasible. With that said..

I would say fukk all that... those Africans need to focus on controlling their resources. They don't have time for this BS before that.

We need to work on increasing our excellence and unity within the US - we don't have time for this shyt before that.

By the time you do all of this the rest of the Diaspora will have passed us by. Cultural awakenings go in cycles, alot of our brothers and sisters in South America are waking up and re-claiming their African roots and we're missing the wave because we want to be confined to our borders.

 

[Blackking]

speaking a common african language for all afro-diasporans probably isnt feasible. With that said..



By the time you do all of this the rest of the Diaspora will have passed us by. Cultural awakenings go in cycles, alot of our brothers and sisters in South America are waking up and re-claiming their African roots and we're missing the wave because we want to be confined to our borders.

you may be correct..


but we are making progress now in the US..
Also, for every SA group that is reaching for African roots, there are others who are looking for CAC roots, not trying to identify with AA or Africa... and/or, bleaching, c00ning, acting retarded about social issues.

They aren't any better than we are... the only difference is we are the most set up and ready for excellence.

 

[Im Kemet Rocky & I like penis]

they should, majority of bantu languages are so similar to the point its counted as a dialect....

 

[mbewane]

I say this because a bunch people look sideways at African descendants of the western hemisphere can't speak and/or don't want to learn an African language but can speak European/Asian languages. Languages like Spanish, Portuguese, French and English have been in the Americas since the late 15th century. That shouldn't be an excuse but it's much easier when you have access to information on how to speak and people to practice speaking with.

I've been called a self-hater because of the fact that have more familiarity with romance languages than African ones.

I hear you, I have the same because I don't speak Sangö (the language in CAR) but speak/understand five European languages

It goes both ways, many Africans are multi-lingual so sometimes they look at it as laziness on our part to not learn some African languages.

True, my pops spoke fluently three languages by the time he was 15.

Back to the thread: No.

Regardless of who or why, the very fact of having a "universal" language is dangerous to me, because every single language is much more than that: it's a vehicle for the culture and the history of the society of that language. Language dynamics shows that the more "big" languages spread, the more smaller languages die out if not correctly protected. And with that, those who are natives in the "universal" language have an economic advantage over the others. The spread of a "universal" language is an attack to cultural diversity, which is why you have organizations such as UNESCO fighting it.

I've studied language dynamics for quite some time (whether in Belgium, in the EU or worldwide) so I perfectly understand the "advantages": easier communication, less translation costs, etc. But don't be fooled: "universal" languages are a huge threat to cultural diversity, and there is always an economic/political reason for those who promote it.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Plus lets be real, Africans have conducted trade with one another for centuries not speaking one another's language and got along fine. As long as you got some interpreters shyt is ok and there are no shortage of those in Africa.

 

[emoney]

nah

Instead, if we are going to do things collectively we should advocate things that can help our continent deal with the pressing problems we face like for example: an African rapid reaction force to deal with civil conflicts, natural disasters, terrorists, and other threat or an African food bank to deal with hunger, famine, droughts, disease. We need to be self sufficient in the areas of food security and military defense. If our land is not secure, and our food supply is not guaranteed than nothing else matters.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Well english comes from latin which comes from africa so As Africa develops economically and friends want to do business there it will probably be necessary at that point to learn the language.

 

[Blackking]

Well english comes from latin which comes from africa so As Africa develops economically and friends want to do business there it will probably be necessary at that point to learn the language.

how does latin come from africa

 

[Mr. Somebody]

how does latin come from africa

Latin has origins in Classical Greek which has origins in Egypt.

http://www.coptic.org/language/boulosayad.htm

 

[theworldismine13]

Latin has origins in Classical Greek which has origins in Egypt.

http://www.coptic.org/language/boulosayad.htm

no it doesnt, the greek alphabet comes from Phoenicians

 

[J-Nice]

It's going to be hard to do this when there are so many languages spoken in Africa. Where are you going to start? How are you going to implement this?

 

[J-Nice]

no it doesnt, the greek alphabet comes from Phoenicians

So does the Latin script

 

[theworldismine13]

So does the Latin script

yeah, it went from phoenicians ---> greeks ---> Etruscans ---> Romans (latin)

egyptian and greek writing and language are not related, the greeks mostly got math and philosophy from the Egyptians not their writings

 

[Calmye]

call swahili to swaghili and see all niccas jump on it.
all just depends how africans rock it.

promote panafricanism.

A grip of black mob lifers no swahili and speak it fluently up state

 

[observe]

Dumb idea..do all Europeans speak the same language..do all Asians speak the same language..