How Africans Are Changing French - One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time - The New York Times - 0 views
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A growing number of words and expressions from Africa are now infusing the French language, spurred by booming populations of young people in West and Central Africa.
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More than 60 percent of those who speak French daily now live in Africa, and 80 percent of children studying in French are in Africa. There are as many French speakers in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as in Paris.
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Through social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube, they are literally spreading the word, reshaping the French language from African countries, like Ivory Coast, that were once colonized by France.
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