The topic I chose for my Issues paper is about African languages. I know it's pretty random but it's something I'm interested in. I'm still having a hard time figuring out how to make it into a research question like we're supposed to do for this assignment, but I have a few ideas. My main issue is that African languages are disappearing and I don't like it. This fits in with globalization because globalization is the reason they are disappearing. The African cultures are mixing together, they're mixing with whites, Indians and worldwide cultures and since these languages are very unique to Africa they are starting to become useless and are dissolving. For example, when I was in South Africa I became pretty good at Zulu, one of the clicking languages. I remember one time in a sacrament meeting where I heard an older man speaking Zulu then a younger man speaking Zulu. It was clear that the language was dissolving. The older man spoke solid, real Zulu and the younger man spoke a very watered-down version of Zulu. This is consistent with many other countries in Africa. My research question would probably be along the lines of "how can we preserve these languages." It would be persuasive because I would try to come up with a plan that we can do to preserve the languages. I'm already pretty familiar with the issue but I have a lot of South African friends that I can refer to for more information. I'm sure there are articles as well that can help me be more familiar with the topic.