Omituntun Pacesetter Arts Festival: Awakening the giant in Oyo's sleeping cultural, tourism heritage
Share The former Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Wande Abimbola, once warned that Yoruba language faces the threat of extinction in the next 50 years if urgent steps were not taken to revive it during the third Odua Distinguished Lecture papers where he complained that the essence of Yoruba culture, which included songs, dance, dress and language, had been neglected by the government and individuals. Abimbola had charged government, parents and guardians to endeavour to allow the young to communicate in Yoruba as this would aid learning of science and technology. His assert...
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