Yoruba

20 Yoruba proverbs and their meaning

Yoruba proverbs known as “owe” are short sayings originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Yoruba proverbs convey a piece…

55 years ago

Celebrating International Mother Language Day: The power of Mother tongue connection

Currently, there are approximately 6,500 languages spoken worldwide, with Mandarin Chinese being the most widely spoken, by around 1,213,000,000 people.…

55 years ago

YORÙBÁ MALE ORÍKÌS: Top 15 you need to know

Oríkì includes both single praise names and long strings of “attributive epithets” that may be chanted in poetic form. According…

55 years ago

25 interesting facts about the Yorubas

1.The first Nigerian medical doctor was Nathaniel Thomas King. His father was Rev Thomas King who assisted Bishop Ajayi Crowder…

55 years ago

First Yorùbá Textbook unveiled In China

Èkìtì State University don, Prof Goke Alamu has announced the unveiling of the first Yorùbá textbook in China. He narrated…

55 years ago