Language acquisition, development and learning are unique and mandatory areas in the growth and life of any human being. If cultivated fully and early in the life of a child, future use of language in the classroom, at work and at play will be easy and well grounded. In this book, some pertinent issues and challenges related to and surrounding language acquisition, development and learning in Sub Saharan Africa are addressed. One of the driving forces behind these issues and challenges is the preference of foreign languages to local or vernacular languages. There has always been fear by...