Category: Mandarin
Video of University of Nairobi Lecturer Highlights Growing Kenyan Anxiety About Chinese Presence in the Country
A video of University of Nairobi lecturer Dr. Richard Bosire sounding exasperated over being locked out of classrooms in UoN Towers. He thought this was because the Chinese government-run Confucius Institute had purchased two floors of the building.
Why Kenyans Should be Wary of Learning to Speak Chinese
Kenya is the latest African country to integrate Mandarin language studies into its national curriculum, following South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The curriculum development institute in Nairobi said the new Chinese language teaching plan is complete and will be introduced to primary school ...
Does It Make Sense for Africans to Learn Mandarin Chinese?
The South African government's 2015 decision to add Mandarin Chinese to the national curriculum sparked an uproar that baffled people in other, often more affluent societies around the world where the demand to learn ...
Chinese Studies at the University of Botswana
It's long been said that while China may have an Africa policy, African countries conversely do not have a China policy. In particular, too many Africans do not understand the language, culture, and politics of their new number one trading partner. ...