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Politics of language and politicians of language have dominated the literary pages of Standard in past few weekends. Mukoma wa Ngugi has urged the promotion of local languages, a position I totally agree with, while Abenea Ndago has decried cultural mimicry — he has been spot on.
On the other hand, Stephen Derwent Partington seems torn between celebrating the Africanisation of English and the right to a language of choice. In all this, the lowest common multiple has been language.
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