Cultural and artistic dimension of Bantu languages in higher education inAngola

Abstract

This text addresses the Cultural and Artistic Dimension of Bantu Languages in Higher Education in Angola. The Bantu languages are the only means of expressing art in Angola. Therefore, there is no art without Angolan languages. In a country where the state imposes the deprivation of the public or private use of local languages as fundamental rights of people, one cannot speak of Angolan art, since only through these languages can the artist express the cultural, political and artistic values of the Peoples of Angola. Bantu languages occupy the last position with a deprecated language dimension. Thus, it is the purpose of this text to analyze the extent to which the Bantu languages of Angola express all the rationality of the people who speak them. This communication is therefore the result of my experiences in courts and schools in rural communities. In courts, I have attended certain trial sessions where the judge who speaks in good Portuguese is not understood by the accused and the witness who speak in any Bantu language. It was found that the large urban centers, considered civilized societies, which dominate the cultured norm and have a considerable number of police, guards in backyards, record more and more different criminal actions in relation to rural communities, where there are no police. These disparate facts are due to the ethical and moral values imbued in the languages of each community.