It is also usually common to have some words in a language share similarities in pronunciation and meaning to another language either because they originate from the root word or because they were ...

In today’s fast-paced, interconnected world, cultural diversity is a precious asset to be celebrated and cherished. For Yoruba parents living in the diaspora, preserving their cultural heritage, ...

In Lagos in the 1910s and 1920s a new market of readers was emerging who wanted to express themselves in their own languages. Despite the dominance of colonial English print culture, entrepreneurs ...

Yorùbá language educator and cultural advocate, Damilola Adebonojo, has raised concerns over the marginalisation of African languages – particularly Yorùbá – in the literary space. Adebonojo, ...

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 ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly recently passed a bill to make Yoruba language compulsory in all schools in the state in both public and private schools. Sina Fadare asks if there is any ray of hope ...

Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) has integrated the Yoruba Language into its General Nigeria Studies (GNS) curriculum to foster the language’s preservation and encourage its use among ...

SOME leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, including Pa Reuben Fasoranti and Olu Falae, yesterday, raised the alarm that Yoruba language is under threat of extinction. The ...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said if necessary measures are not put in place, the Yoruba language may go into extinction soon. In a communique issued at the end of its caucus ...