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Nigerian indigenous languages suffering regress as a result of the nation’s attitude to its native languages. Surprisingly, those who are real custodian of English language are getting really ...

Adunni Ade, a Nollywood actress, has admitted that speaking Yoruba is exhausting for her and occasionally hurts her nerves. She said this during a recent appearance on Channels Television’s Morning ...

The coming of the Lagos State Yoruba Language Preservation and Promotion Law may impinge on admission into state-own tertiary institutions. Applicants must possess a credit pass in Yoruba Language to ...

While there is no incentive for the promotion of Yoruba language and more and more native speakers of the language are losing their native tongues, American government and its citizens are ironically ...

Nobel Laureate and author, Wole Soyinka, has described Yoruba as a highly tonal and complex language, saying its structure makes it difficult for non-native speakers to master. In a short video shared ...

Ghanaian actress, Fella Makafui, has opened up about the challenges of speaking Yoruba for her role in the movie series, Aníkúlápó: The Ghoul Awakens. Makafui, who played the role of Abena, told ...

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 ...

“Ikùn,” I repeat, pointing to the illustration of a brown stomach under a turquoise shirt on the page before us. My daughter mimics the picture by raising her top and revealing her tummy. She pokes ...

In an era where information flows ceaselessly through digital channels, linguistic diversity can sometimes find itself at odds with digital inclusion. However, amidst this challenge, a language ...