Learning a new language can be an exciting experience. But, without the proper resources and guidance, it can be quite frustrating. Now, Lingala language can be a little frustrating to try to learn. Because, despite the widespread use of the language and the huge interest people have in it, there isn't much in way of resources available online for those who want to learn it. The available youtube videos sadly do not go any further than introducing you to some greetings, courtesies and leave taking. And sadly, they all seem the same; it's like someone once wrote a script that everyone else has since been using.  If you aren't a Swahili speaker or a speaker of any Bantu langauge, the task becomes much harder coz even the little resources available online won't help you much. Because translating Lingala, a Bantu language, into any of the European languages can be a daunting task. Allow me to explain. Sentence structures in Lingala are so different from say English, making

Harambee Stars finally won a competitive game of football and the whole nation was euphoric like we just discovered fire. This rarity occurred on the night of 20th November, 2023 when Kenya won a competitive away game for the first time since.. (who remembers?). Granted, it was a good victory; five goals without reply cannot be gainsaid. But still it was against an injury-rocked team, ranked almost 70 places below us and on the back of a heavy defeat. For context, Ivory Coast beat the team in question (Seychelles Islands) by nine goals to nothing. And while we also had injuries of our own, the game or the result thereof, does not reflect the true strengths of both teams. We were lucky to meet an already weakened team, in near free-fall state of decline and at its worst moment. And while the scoreline doesn't reflect it, Seychelles mustered chances of their own, with which a decent team would have punished us. By my count, they could have scored as many as four goals had they a