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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has renewed his call for the introduction of Yoruba language as a language of instruction and communication in schools across the South-Western part of ...

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 ...

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 ...