SUMMARY
Language and Development in Africa
Development in Africa is often defined in technocratic terms that do not take language into account. Yet, the continent is beset by problems of development that are language-related. The integration of national languages and the full participation of all the population will greatly enhance development in Africa. Over the last three decades, dependency on superimposed international languages to achieve development has proven to be a failure. Instead of leading to national unity, this attitude has contributed to the socioeconomic and political instability of most African nations. The people of Africa are the ones who will make it, or fail to make it, a developed continent. It would be most unwise to force upon them foreign linguistic and cultural models divorced from local realities.
RESUMO
Lingvoj kaj evoluo en Afriko
Evoluon en Afriko oni ofte difinas lau teknokrataj kriterioj, kiuj ne prenas en konsideron la lingvan dimension. Sed la kontinenton sieĝas evoluproblemoj lingvorilataj. La integrigo de naciaj lingvoj kaj la plena partopreno de la tuta logantaro multe fortigos evoluon en Afriko. Tra la pasintaj tri jardekoj, dependo je altruditaj internaciaj lingvoj por atingi evoluon montriĝis malsukcesa. Anstataŭ konduki al nacia unueco, tia aliro kontribuis al la sociekonomia kaj politika nestabileco de plej multaj afrikaj nacioj. La afrikanoj estas tiuj, kiuj igos, au ne igos, Afrikon evoluinta kontinento. Estus tre malsaĝe trudi al ili fremdajn lingvajn kaj kulturajn modelojn malkongruajn al lokaj realoj.
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