Does language policy in Tanzania discriminate against community languages?

“Students in Primary Seven at Zanaki Primary School in Tanzania” by World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 There are approximately 150 languages in Tanzania. However, because the country’s language policies prioritize Swahili, community languages have suffered — particularly in the area of primary education. The findings of an ongoing study by a team of researchers and linguists shows this phenomenon isn’t unique to Tanzania, but is occurring across the African continent. Hannah Gibson (University of Essex), Gastor Mapunda (University of Dar es Salaam) and Colin Reilly (…

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