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Justice Baidoo, a journalist in Ghana, is teaching his two young children how to speak the ancient African language of Ahanta. He home schools them with lessons several times a week in an effort to keep the indigenous language alive in a continent where many are disappearing due to the over dominance of English and French, and in more recent years the added power of American culture through mass media, online and through mobile phones.

Justice hears how locals are trying to revive Ahanta by setting up a radio station and running regular dedicated church services attracting a one-thousand-strong congregation before travelling across Ghana to hear people speaking the endangered language of Animere in the village of Kunda.

He also hears about efforts to support languages that are dying out in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa - and how gaming companies in Africa are using indigenous languages in their stories to help teach young gamers their mother tongue.

Producer: Ashley Byrne and Justice Baidoo in Ghana
A Made in Manchester production for 麻豆约拍 World Service