eli5 How do countries (e.g Nigeria) with so many languages work?

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Im fascinated by how many “living languages” there are in Africa. Are there that many rural living people who speak the same local language in their village? Do most countries have a national language mostly everyone speaks and most people are bilingual? How “living” are these languages? In big cities is it one language mainly or two or three..?

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If you’re a poor villager, it’s not like you’re going to vacation to the other side of the country.

Educated, rich people that have means to travel around know English and / or French.

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