Vampire [any] to history • 10 months agoWhen the Germans colonised Tanzania in the 1880s, they made Kiswahili the administrative language because they feared that if the Tanzanians learned German they'd read Marxexternal-linkmessage-square4 fedilinkarrow-up1109
arrow-up1109external-linkWhen the Germans colonised Tanzania in the 1880s, they made Kiswahili the administrative language because they feared that if the Tanzanians learned German they'd read MarxVampire [any] to history • 10 months agomessage-square4 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]hexbear28·10 months agoWell that's interesting, it's usually the other way around, suppressing the local language and creating a local educated administrative class to further divide up the locals link
Well that's interesting, it's usually the other way around, suppressing the local language and creating a local educated administrative class to further divide up the locals