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 ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has called for greater efforts to preserve Nigeria’s indigenous languages, describing them as essential to protecting the nation’s history, identity and ...

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 ...

Dr. Ajibade, a Nigerian-born linguist, researcher, and Yoruba instructor is revolutionizing the teaching of Yoruba at Indiana University Bloomington and beyond. Through his innovative psycholinguistic ...

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 ...

FROM my name, it is clear that I am Yoruba and from this point of view alone, it is strange that I should be talking about encounters with what should come to me naturally. But looking back, I can say ...

In the wake of the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019 and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, many Africans have started to take a wide range of actions to ...

THE pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, expressed worry about the decline in the use and mastery of the Yoruba language among the Yoruba people in South-West Nigeria. To ...

Yoruba language and culture is very widespread across Africa, and even beyond. Outside Nigeria, you can find large Yoruba communities in Togo and Benin Republic. Smaller communities can be found in ...