Children should be encouraged to learn as many languages as they can from a young age. Photo by Rachel Mabala Every year since 2000, the world joins together to commemorate International Mother ...

You no longer hear so much Kirundi or Congolese Lingala or even Swahili spoken on the streets of the country's major towns. A decade and a half after the end of mass exile for many Rwandans, ...

“Why can’t you speak your language?” A question that sounds so simple but the answer is usually quite loaded. You’ll be familiar with this question if you’re part of a diaspora. My mum speaks five ...