Choosing French as a second language in Ghana is disrespectful – Okyeame Kwame

Animations of Sunday, March 24, 2019

Source: ghpage.com

2019-03-24

Ghanaian musician Kwame Nsiah-Apau, better known as Okyeame Kwame, criticized the Foreign Ministry's decision to adopt French as Ghana's second official language.

The "rap doctor" felt that such a decision is very disrespectful of Ghana's culture and pride.

"French as a second language is disrespectful to our pride and culture. It is bad enough that our mother tongue is the language of another person.

What's wrong with making one of our local languages ​​our mother tongue? We can encourage ourselves to learn more foreign languages ​​such as Chinese, Spanish and French.

My problem is to make the second language a dying language, "he said.

This statement by Okyeame Kwame comes after the Foreign Ministry announced that Ghana would adopt French as a second official language.

According to Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana's decision to make French its second official language will improve regional integration, particularly when Ghana has French-speaking neighbors.

However, the "Made in Ghana" hitmaker disagrees with this decision and hopes that any local language can be adopted as Ghana's second official language.