In Nigeria, English is the official language. Thus, making it essential for education, documentation and communication in formal settings. Yet out of the 185 million people living in the country, about 70 million speak Hausa as a first language, 28 million use Yoruba as a mother language and there are 24 million Igbo native speakers. In total, there are over 520 languages spoken across Nigeria. “The bigger the diversity, the more difficult it is to reach a compromise, so the status-quo remains, the colonial language that imposes a high cost on its citizens,” said Dr. Rajesh Ramachandran...
Este artículo fue publicado originalmente el 17 de noviembre de 2017 en la sección Planeta Futuro del diario El País. El autor es el investigador junior del Navarra Center for International Development David Soler Crespo. A continuación se reproduce parcialmente el artículo. Puede consultar el artículo original aquí.
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Price shocks affect food security in many poor re...