Afrikaans is one of the most accessible languages for English speakers, thanks to its simple grammar, phonetic spelling, and familiar vocabulary. With the right mix of structured lessons and immersive ...

Afrikaner descendants representing Argentina, South Africa today and the country’s old flag. Richard Finn Gregory / GOODWORK The Patagonian desert in southern Argentina is a harsh environment. Little ...

Language is essential to the notion of decolonising education. This formed the backbone of a discussion at the Breaking Down Borders Africa Youth Summit. Dr Edith Phaswana, a senior lecturer at the ...

A Chinese man impressed many social media users after delivering an impressive basic Mandarin lesson, speaking Afrikaans, in ...

Soweto schoolchildren protest against Afrikaans in 1976. Anti-Apartheid Movement Archive, Bodleian Library, Oxford UK This month forty years ago, thousands of Soweto school children took to the ...

In Patagonia, Argentina, exists a community of Afrikaans and Spanish-speaking descendants of about 650 Afrikaners who moved to Patagonia in the 20th century. They came into conflict with the British ...

A small community of Afrikaners has been living in Argentina since the early 1900s. Linguistic research has found they're like a time capsule, reflecting pronunciation and syntax from an earlier era.

The Patagonian desert in southern Argentina is a harsh environment. Little seems to thrive on its seemingly endless red plains and parched land. Yet in this unlikely place there is a unique bilingual ...