Imagine starting school and not being able to understand your teacher. That's a reality for many African first-graders who speak their mother-tongues at home and are taught in English, French or Portuguese at school.
Africa south of the Sahara is home to around 2,000 different languages. They're spoken at home, on the street and perhaps on the local radio and TV stations, but very few have made it into the classroom.
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