DAE ES SALAAM, Dec. 8 -- IN August, this year the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Heads of State Summit met in Dar es Salaam and declared Kiswahili the bloc's fourth official language after English, French and Portuguese. Kudos!
During the occasion, the outgoing Chairman of the regional bloc and Namibian President, Dr Hage Geingob, hinted before handing over the Chairmanship to Tanzanian President John Magufuli that his country will give the language priority, and reflecting on what South African President Nelson Mandela once said "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart," it means the language would be the most powerful weapon to us...