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 ...

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 ...

Igbo and Yoruba are two of Nigeria's major languages, with an estimated total of 44 million speakers in Africa combined. Here are some words that have similar interpretations in both languages.

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 ...

How a Former Enterprise Product Leader Is Building Technology to Preserve Identity, Strengthen Belonging, and Reconnect Generations When Bola Agbonile set out to teach her second-generation children ...

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 ...

When Kunle Afolayan called me, I was dumbfounded. He said he reached out because of the ‘Couple Chronicles’ videos I do with Liquorose. He thought I was the one speaking Yoruba in the videos, but I ...

“Yoruba is not merely a means of communication. Through proverbs, oral literature, music and rituals, it encapsulates our worldview and serves as a living archive of our cultural values,” he said.ALSO ...

The Lagos State Government, LASG has harped on the need to make Yoruba Language a compulsory teaching subject in all schools in the state. The state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, represented by his ...

The Nation also reports that the film is slated for a global release on Debbie Sokoya TV in March 2026, framing the Arlington screening as a strategic effort to push culturally rooted Yoruba ...

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 ...