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Creole a key to Haitian literacy
International Literacy Day approaches on Monday, Haiti's embarrassing annual reminder that it bears the lowest literacy rate among countries independent for more than 80 years. That's quite the ...
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While Creole is the language of the Haitian people, French remains the language of a tiny group that has been deciding the fate of the country for years while ignoring the suffering of the masses. Haiti won't make true literacy progress until it fosters a society where Creole speakers are viewed as equals and not idiots.
In March, the current government launched its sixth national literacy campaign, attempting to make all citizens of a village named Bernard Gousse literate within six months. However, this effort appears headed for failure, unsurprising considering it is just the latest in a line of more than a dozen such campaigns stretching back to 1944 that have ended without success. It would help if the government would publish all legal documents in Creole and French.
Haiti has been suffering from the lack of language planning since its independence in 1804. As a result most educated Haitians cling to the idea instilled in them by most Haitian schools that Creole will not provide the advantages that French and English do.
Consequently, this linguistic divide continues in a Haitian school system that has long ignored the importance of making students aware of their linguistic and cultural roots.
The Haitian government has made some half-hearted efforts on Creole's behalf. In 2014, it finally signed the decree to create the Creole Academy into law as required by the Constitution of 1987, but hasn't allocated even one-fourth of the necessary funds for it.
A country that denies its linguistic roots is condemned to serve the interest of others. It may just bring about the extinction of its own language.
Un pays qui renie ses racines linguistiques est condamné à servir les intérêts autres que les siens. En ce faisant, il pourrait entraîner la disparition de sa propre langue.
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