In a world where mother tongues are rapidly fading, UK-based Nigerian Modupe Olagunju has found it imperative to unveil Àṣàlẹwà, a centre for Yoruba distance learning to bridge the gap. In this ...

In her bid to support the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) endangered languages programme, actress and broadcaster, Feyikemi Niyi-Olayinka, has announced a ...

LANGUAGE is an integral part of the cultural heritage of an ethnic group. Any ethnic group that relegates its language is inadvertently doing incalculable damage to its culture. So, to preserve the ...

As more and more key aspects of daily life migrate online, language inclusion can be a key component of ensuring equal access for all in digital spaces. However, many African languages lack the ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Passionate culture advocate, Oluwadamilare Igbayiloye, has led a pivotal conversation on promoting and preserving Yoruba heritage at the recently concluded ERÉKỌ́DÚN 6.0 event, sparking a movement to ...