why aren’t Belgium’s former colonies speaking Dutch?

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They speak French instead of Dutch even Belgium speaks mostly Dutch. Why?

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French was the language of the upper classes and those in positions of political power, who were the guys who did all the colonising. Brussels is still a predominantly French speaking city

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