For many years now she had been speaking almost all the time in the African language.
It was one of the first novels to be written in any African language.
The students are part of a white rush to study African languages.
At the time, there was no agreement on the history of African languages.
Over the years, many African languages have died out and become extinct.
Yet this still means that over a thousand African languages are not heard on the radio.
Much more support is also needed to stimulate publishing in African languages.
He also seems to have learned some African languages.
West African languages, to give just one example, also tend not to make use of a "th" sound.
Such shared traits probably are not due to a common origin of all African languages.