There are 54 countries and and about 1.11 billion people in Africa. Many factors influence the reason there are so many languages. As in other parts of the world, different countries speak different languages. Many people came to Africa to colonise it, bringing new languages. There are many tribes in Africa, many having their own languages or dialects of languages. For these and many other reasons, many languages have developed in Africa.
Mainly because countries from Europe colonised parts of Africa, bringing their own languages with them. Many Africans also learn European languages as they are international languages so they are useful to them in many ways.
Different African countries have been conquered and colonized by:
For this reason, you'll find the following languages, which are remnants of colonialism:
Due to previous colonisation, mainly by the English, Dutch, French and Portuguese
This is due to thousands of years of isolation between tribal groups.
West Africa was heavily colonized by European countries, all of which imposed their languages on the people living in West Africa.
both France and England had conquered parts of Africa.
Because of the 800 different ethnic groups
Because European powers colonized Africa and made their languages the official languages of the colonized areas.
There are many African countries where English or French are widely spoken.
They are based on the arbitrary borders of old European empires
True!
They wanted independence before WWII, but after the war, many European powers were weak and flooded in debt. African colonies used this to their advantage and many broke free from foreign control.
Ethiopia and Liberia remained independence from European control in 1914.
China rapidly industrialized in hopes of competing with European rivals.
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The new African nations tended to create governments based on European models.
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The new African nations tended to create governments based on European models.
The new African nations tended to create governments based on European models.
Well after the African Moors made slaves of the Europeans.
there is no one single African lanuage, Africa is a continent of 54 independant nations with well over 2,000 languages and dialects
French is an offcial language in all of the European organisations (EU council, EU commission and parliament), one of the official languages in the United Nations and its agencies, and (at least I think so) in the African Union Organisation.
Most of the countries south of the Sahara
Almost all the African countries were colonized by European nations. Liberia and Ethiopia were the only countries that were not colonized.