'The age of cultural resurgence': Africa's mother tongues finding new life

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:34 Issued on: 08/09/2026 - 15:46 Across the African continent, indigenous languages, once marginalised under colonial rule, are seeing renewed interest from younger generations, especially in the diaspora. Modern technology is providing them with new ways to reconnect with their heritage and older generations of their families. Clemence Waller reports.