Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:55:36 +0000 ON LOCAL LANGUAGES Encouraging the use of local languages in Zambia only breeds two things: tribalism and discrimination against foreign nationals. I agree that everyone shoulON LOCAL LANGUAGES Encouraging the use of local languages in Zambia only breeds two things: tribalism and discrimination against foreign nationals. I agree that everyone should be proud of their language and tribe, but the flaunting of one’s tribe or language is both primitive and discriminatory. Rousseau noted that the best government/society is that to which more people migrate. This is so true of places like the USA and UK. A lot of people want to migrate to these places because of the freedom and liberty one gets living in these great nations: there is no segregation based on one’s colour, language or physical abilities. I urge my fellow Zambians to distinguish between being patriotic and being discriminatory. We are part of the global […]
