Kinshasa Lingala Creole and the DR Congolese

[hsmr at gol.com]

David:

I am delighted to learn that the language of Mobuto and the language of
DR Congolese are different, but I am concerned about what is
transpiring in the educational system, if everyone is learning to read
and write standard Lingala, while speaking Kinshasa Lingala Creole in
the streets and to their friends.

Thus, I have a few more quick, but important questions:

1) What percent of all DR Congolese live in Kinshasa?
2) What percent of all DR Congolese receive formal schooling?
3) Is there a public educational system per se? If so, what proportion
of those who receive formal schooling are publicly educated?
4) Is the language used in textbooks differ from the medium of oral
instruction? If so, which language is devoted to which.

Also, your discussion about the kinois suggests that urban prestige is
an important motivating factor for learning KL-Creole. You also stated
that KL-Creole is spreading rapidly throughout  much of southern
Africa. From this I understand that KL-Creole has much less to do with
national identity, then it does with a southern African frame of mind.
Obviously the magic is in the music, but what about the lyrics?

Hamo

R. A. Stegemann
EARTH's Manager and HKLNA-Project Director
EARTH - East Asian Research and Translation in Hong Kong
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/earth/
Tel/Fax: 852 2630 0349

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