Vampire [any]@hexbear.net to history@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year 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 Marxen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-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 Marxen.wikipedia.orgVampire [any]@hexbear.net to history@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year 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
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