By PEACE IJIYERA FOR many Yoruba Nigerian youths born and raised in the diaspora, it can be difficult to [...] ...
Every language has its peculiarity, languages make up the entirety of any culture. It is also usually common to have some words in a language share similarities in pronunciation and meaning to another ...
The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary of Education District 1, Agege,Lagos, Mrs Margaret Titilayo Solarin, has said it is imperative to revive Yoruba language and culture, adding that it is fast going ...
Editor’s 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 ...
Meet Mikaeel Sodiq Adesina, a Yoruba language digital activist, photographer, videographer and the community lead for the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group. Since he joined the Wikimedia volunteer ...
At a time when there are fears that the Yoruba language may become endangered soon because the new generation of its people are not being taught the language, a Dutch-Nigerian, Dorien Jacob, aka ...
Let's take a look at the variety of drums used in Yoruba cultural festivals, carnivals and special occasions. Yoruba language and culture is very widespread across Africa, and even beyond. Outside ...
A video of a language learner speaking basic Yoruba, one of the many languages spoken in Nigeria, in a clothing store has gone viral, and the shocked reaction of the store owners and workers has ...
Not a day goes by that speakers of the Yoruba language do not make mention of death as both a phenomenon and a certainty. Credit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George ...
Critiqued by Tejumola Olaniyan, Akinwumi Ogundiran, Grey Gundaker and Adeleke Adeeko with response by Rowland Abiodun in African studies review (Piscataway, NJ) 58 (3) December 2015, pages 215-223 ...