Malian voters approved a new constitution proposed by the country’s military government that moved French from an official language to a working one, signaling a broader shift in the West African country away from the language of its former colonizer.
If the government conducts business in Bambara, it risks alienating members of other ethnic groups, said Cherif Ag Mohamed Ibrahim, who teaches linguistics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure Bamako. He said he has observed increased use of Bambara by military officials in recent months.
Keïta, the Carleton College professor, was more hopeful, saying he believes the change may lead to increased investment in teaching local languages. French remains associated with Mali’s elite, Keïta said, some of whom have spent time in France working or studying. African colonial subjects who assimilated French culture were once called évolués, or evolved ones.
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