In My Tongue

Any school that I went to, there were at least, like, two or three other Congolese people who would make jokes in Lingala that nobody else would understand.

Are you speaking about me behind my back, so that I don't get it?

Some people would probably think [Bemba] sounds like music.

"Lokuta eyaka na ascenseur, vérité eh yé n'escalier"

I know what I'm trying to say, but it's not in the right language.

Just some basic expressions, if you need to, I guess, appear friendly if you go to Zambia.

People who are in the diaspora (...) may not have the ability to teach their kids whatever language...

I feel like I've also inherited his specific accent as well.

Growing up, yeah, English was just like the cool language, and French was like the not as cool…