Few days ago, I was having a chat with a teenage boy whose parents are of the Yoruba origin residing in Nigeria, in-fact they reside in the South-Western part of Nigeria (which is actually the Yoruba speaking part of the country). However, it sounds worrisome that this teenager couldn’t say basic sentences in Yoruba, as

Usually, many people intending to learn how to speak Yoruba language, write Yoruba language and even read Yoruba are saddled with the responsibility of getting a reliable Yoruba tutor; someone who knows how to tutor, motivate and even encourage them in learning Yoruba Language. This task many be futile as they search through the internet

Many people often show interest in wanting to learn how to speak Yoruba language; however, they usually get discouraged after trying for a few days or even months because they seem not to be as fluent as they want forgetting the most important ingredient in this their sojourn. Patience in Yoruba is best described as

With increasing exposure of Africa’s arts, culture and Norms through our music and movies, Yoruba Language has been gaining a lot of popularity, many foreigners and natives who reside abroad are interested in learning how to speak and understand the Yoruba language, also, lovers of arts and tourism will benefit hugely in knowing how to

Speak to native speakers: You can’t be learning how to speak Yoruba language that isn’t yours and you’ll sit on Youtube all day trying to learn, it isn’t going to work. You can actually get some basic knowledge such as random ways to greet but with this you may not actually be able to communicate

Naming in Yoruba land is one of the things we hold dear and as such, our names reflect how wealthy we are, circumstances surrounding our birth, things the parent of a child hopes for about the child’s future, our occupation, our family heritage and background, history about us and so on. Today we will consider

Even with evolving trends of fashion, one of the few things that haven’t changed is the act of wearing caps in Yoruba land, wearing of cap has a unique way of completing and beautifying the traditional attire you are putting on hence the popular saying that ‘’Your styling isn’t complete without a cap’’. Caps which

Aso-Oke also called Ofi is a type of hand-made fabric usually done by weaving and this art of weaving and styling of this particular fabric material originated from the Yorubas (South-western people of Nigeria). It is a cloth worn by people of high social status in the olden days and even this era as well,

The importance of language is for effective communication and when this is not achieved (maybe by one or both speakers’ inability to speak the language, inability to pronounce some words correctly or inability to understand the language being communicated correctly) there is always a misrepresentation of information. Yoruba as a language has so many words