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Every year, we receive birthday messages, blow out the candles, gather with family and friends, or give thanks for another year of life. It is one of the most universal moments of the human experience. Regardless of age, religion, or social status, there is something deeply symbolic about celebrating a birthday: the recognition that life…

Zimbabwe — A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a U.S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents’ mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom