Cross-cultural marriage, National Integration and Endangered tribes in Nigeria
By Dung John Hwyere How many of us know how to speak, read and write in our indigenous languages? If we can do that quite perfectly, can we say same of your younger ones? What about our children? How many of them know passed the name of their tribes and villages? In its conference earlier this year," The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) argues that unless proactive steps are taken, more than 50 minority languages in the country might become extinct in a few years". With the plethora of ethnic groups and languages hovering above 50 in Plateau State, you can be sure where's going to be hit the most in Nigeria. Until African Traditional Education, and ultimately, Nigerian Traditional Education and its utility are imbibed in our educational system, the need to harness our potential as a nation will not be achieved. National integration and cross-cultural marriage will be more of a curse than a blessing. The African Renaissance spirit of perenialism and function...