Editors note: This personal essay was written following a Twitter campaign organized by Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa and Rising Voices where each week, a different language activist shared their perspectives on the intersection of digital rights and African Languages  as part of the project, The identity matrix: Platform regulation of online threats to expression in Africa.
Kidokezo cha mhariri: Makala haya ya kibinafsi yaliandikwa kufuatia kampeni ya Twitter iliyoandaliwa na Global Voices Ukanda wa Afrika Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara kwa ushirikiano wa Mradi wa Rising Voices pale kila wiki, mwanaharakati tofauti wa lugha alishiriki maoni yake kuhusu muingiliano wa haki za kidijitali na Lugha za Kiafrika kama sehemu ya mradi, Matriki utambulisho: Tishio la ukandamizaji wa uhuru wa kujieleza mtandaoni barani Afrika.