`` Afrikaans is the language that connects Western Europe and Africa ... It forms a bridge between the large , shining West and the magical Africa ... And what great things may come from their union â `` that is maybe what lies ahead for Afrikaans to discover . `` Afrikaans is the language that connects Western Europe and Africa ... It forms a bridge between the large , shining West and the magical Africa ... And what great things may come from their union -- that is maybe what lies ahead for Afrikaans to discover .