It is not quite true to say that I am not an advocate of writing in African languages. What I think is, one has to think about what is practicable.
Chinua AchebeWe live in a society that is in transition from oral to written. There are oral stories that are still there, not exactly in their full magnificence, but still strong in their differentness from written stories. Each mode has its ways and methods and rules. They can reinforce each other; this is the advantage my generation has - we can bring to the written story something of that energy of the story told by word of mouth.
Chinua Achebe