ACCRA, Ghana — Bertha Asiedua Boadu, a young Ghanaian student, became fond of watching Chinese movies in 2020. To grasp the plot without relying on subtitles, she started using online Chinese-language learning applications to learn the basics.
What she did out of curiosity quickly became a fascination, leading her to start learning to speak Chinese on her own with a growing interest in the language and culture.
"I was practicing dialogues on my own. I gradually realized how interesting the language is," Boadu said.
The interest in Chinese culture also drove her to seek literature on Chinese culture online, focusing on the types of books the Chinese read from childhood, including The Analects of Confucius, comprising aphorisms of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Boadu is now a second-year Chinese language student at the University of Cape Coast.
