Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and holds cultural significance across North Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, ...

Language as the Heart of Culture For centuries, African languages have been the primary vehicle for passing down traditions, values, and social norms through storytelling, songs, and proverbs ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...

As artificial intelligence advances across Africa, a new innovation is bridging the language gap for millions of non-English ...

Internal docs and fact-checkers show Meta often misses harmful posts in Swahili, Amharic, Oromo and more — putting real communities at risk ...

Niger Drops French As Official Language After Mali, Burkina Faso | Firstpost Africa | N18G Niger has officially designated ...

His passing raises questions about the future of African language studies in Europe. The academic community is mourning the loss of emeritus professor Norbert Cyffer, who is renowned for his ...

The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism. A response to the legacy of the imperialist and mining ...

Minister Malatsi highlighted the vast linguistic diversity of the world, noting that there are over 7,000 languages spoken ...

AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating ... Kletus Karondo says the National Assembly has included sign language as part of the languages to be used in parliament.