THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

In this video, Pan-Africanist author and social entrepreneur Joshua Maponga (@joshua_maponga on IG) highlights the importance of indigenous languages for Africans.

He does this by using the example of the Mususu plant that acts a remedy for stomach issues. In Venda, a Bantu language spoken in parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe, ‘susu’ means stomach and, so, he argues that if the community were to use a foreign name for the plant, they would ultimately forget its use.

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Video Credit: THEE ALFA HOUSE (YouTube)