Aug 8 2015

THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE YORUBA LANGUAGE | PROF. FAKINLEDE

Our language is our pathway to the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. Losing our ability to communicate effectively with it means losing connectivity with our valuable past: the science, technology; medicine, philosophy, wisdom, literature, history; religion, etc. of our forebears. It means losing the economic advantages that derives from a language.
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Jun 13 2015

YORUBA NATION: PLAY IT RIGHT THIS TIME By Prof Banji Akintoye | H/T DAWN Commission

At this historic moment, then, we Yoruba people must send one united message to our political and society leaders and traditional rulers – namely, that they should exercise discipline and restraint, and give our men a fair chance to deliver their best in the new government and to bring some good back home to the Yoruba Southwest.