In December 2017, I released my first bilingual storybook in Yoruba entitled Yoruba101 Ikini. Yoruba101 Ikini is a children’s storybook…

We’ve come a long way since the release of our first Yoruba language-learning app for children and adult beginners; Yoruba101. For those…

Illiteracy: the inability to read or write. Lack of knowledge in a particular subject; ignorance

Through the lens of Yoruba and Igbo

I once watched a video where a white lady was filmed singing in Yoruba. It wasn’t the first time I’d come across such, hence the public…

Finally, I can say a Happy New Year! That welcome message had been saved up pending the release of the updated Igbo language-learning app…

Room 203, Luce hall, Yale University, had a distinct feel to it on the days of October 6 & 7, 2016. It had to with over 2-dozen guests…

In this post, I examine the subject of mastering native languages using my recent experience. Like many, I overestimated my capacity to…

It was a fine evening in São Paulo on June 23, 2016. As I made the short walk from my hotel to the Galeria Olido where I’d be speaking, I…

“Would you eat at a Nigerian restaurant with images of Esu, Sango or any Yoruba Orisa visibly present?” I asked my colleagues as we sat…

During my recent trip to South Africa, I visited an old friend who is now resident in the country. Obinna and I had been neighbours back in…

At my last count, Beyoncé’s lemonade has inspired about a dozen articles on the Osun (pronounced Oshun) deity — a religious feature of…

Last year, I made my first visit to the Osun-Osogbo grove, Osun State, Nigeria. Given that visit was made outside the festival period, the…

The attribution of our native Nigerian languages with bushies is assuming a stereotypic dimension that needs to be called out. Below, I…

I stumbled upon Chantelle’s Facebook page, Official Naija Oyinbo by accident but was quickly drawn to its description. It reads in exact…

How a Yoruba learning App generated a cool factor around African deities.

A few years ago while living in Abuja, I was riding on one of the popular El-Rufai buses from the city center to Gwagwalada. Seated by my…

Often times, I’ve had parents express to me how hard it is to get their kids to learn our native languages. This is especially common in…