The Ifa divination system, which makes use of an extensive corpus of texts and mathematical formulas, is practised among Yoruba communities and by the African diaspora in the Americas and the ...

A fascinating world map shared on Reddit shows the most spoken languages in every country, with it showing some surprising results. The map in question shows that English is unsurprisingly the ...

Google Speech, in partnership with the research team based at the AI Research Center in Accra, Ghana, has announced the ...

This ceremony is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba religious tradition that began in West Africa and has become one of the ten largest religions in the world, with upwards of 100 million practitioners.

First Languages Australia in partnership with local language centres across Australia have developed an interactive map to display and promote the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically express thoughts and language, as well as record events for future generations to study. Although different ...

The Lagos State University Centre for Yoruba Studies has advocated for the need to support and ensure the language is being given attention. This was made known during the centre’s Public ...

Lagos politicians, including Lanre Sunmi Odesanya, Mrs. Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, Tolani Ali-Balogun and Moshood Mayegun yesterday called for the preservation of Yoruba language to prevent its ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of ...

SaharaReporters.com is an outstanding, groundbreaking news website that encourages citizen journalists to report ongoing corruption and government malfeasance in Africa. Using photos, text, and ...

A member of the Yoruba Nation agitators, Adejumo Lateef, has died in custody, while 27 others were arraigned at Court 3 of the Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday.

The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, ...