II. The Impact of French Colonialism on Moroccan Culture.
It may be wrong thinking that the colonized countries in general have been entirely independent. Many years passed since morocco gets its independence, but the impact of colonization is still nowadays with its effects on Morocco in several sides including culture. However, the image of superiority, modernity, and civilization of France has deeply saved in Moroccan memories. We cannot deny our dependence to the colonizer whether culturally or economically. It is obvious that the idea conveyed by colonialists about the superiority of their culture and civilization, rendered the colonized countries sees their own culture as inferior one.
According to Stuart Hall, culture is one of the most …show more content…
Culture and language are in Interventional relationship. As everyone can notice and see, the French language is still currently the official language of Morocco, although Arabic and Tamazight are the constitutional official ones. The French is widely spoken language and dominated several fields, including, administrations, economy, media, education ... etc. Moreover, the thinking spread amongst our society considered French as the language of civilization, science, knowledge, evolution ... Whereas, the native languages are …show more content…
He added, a sort of linguistic alienation practiced over time, in contrast, we find that this phenomenon is called "French war booty" .
According to statistics made in 2010 about the situation of French language in Morocco, we find that the Francophone degree is between 16% and 35% , and people who are learning French about 22,6% compared with 23,4 in Europe, while, the percentage of learning French in the whole Africa is about 44% , and ranks the first amongst other continents. Actually, these records, interprets the linguistic dependency of Morocco towards the colonizer.
Other statistics suggest that more than twenty-five thousands of Moroccan students pursuing their studies in French schools, which has become widespread in many major cities such as Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez, Tangier and
It may be wrong thinking that the colonized countries in general have been entirely independent. Many years passed since morocco gets its independence, but the impact of colonization is still nowadays with its effects on Morocco in several sides including culture. However, the image of superiority, modernity, and civilization of France has deeply saved in Moroccan memories. We cannot deny our dependence to the colonizer whether culturally or economically. It is obvious that the idea conveyed by colonialists about the superiority of their culture and civilization, rendered the colonized countries sees their own culture as inferior one.
According to Stuart Hall, culture is one of the most …show more content…
Culture and language are in Interventional relationship. As everyone can notice and see, the French language is still currently the official language of Morocco, although Arabic and Tamazight are the constitutional official ones. The French is widely spoken language and dominated several fields, including, administrations, economy, media, education ... etc. Moreover, the thinking spread amongst our society considered French as the language of civilization, science, knowledge, evolution ... Whereas, the native languages are …show more content…
He added, a sort of linguistic alienation practiced over time, in contrast, we find that this phenomenon is called "French war booty" .
According to statistics made in 2010 about the situation of French language in Morocco, we find that the Francophone degree is between 16% and 35% , and people who are learning French about 22,6% compared with 23,4 in Europe, while, the percentage of learning French in the whole Africa is about 44% , and ranks the first amongst other continents. Actually, these records, interprets the linguistic dependency of Morocco towards the colonizer.
Other statistics suggest that more than twenty-five thousands of Moroccan students pursuing their studies in French schools, which has become widespread in many major cities such as Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez, Tangier and