A Conversation with Toyin Falola on the future of Yoruba Language by Oyesina Fadare

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Yoruba Language Use in Lagos State Legislative Assembly: Challenges and Prospects by Hassan Biodun Suleiman

“…The Assembly adopted the use of the Yoruba language for its deliberation every Thursday in 2007. …”
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Speaking of Animals: A Conceptual analysis of Animal Metaphors in Yoruba by Oluwadamilare Adisa

Subjects: “…Animal metaphor, culture, conceptual-mapping, cognitive theory, Yoruba language,…”
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Lílo ‘BBC News Yorùbá’ fún Ẹ̀kọ́ Yorùbá ní Amẹ́ríkà by Victor Temitope Alabi

Subjects: “…BBC News Yoruba, Yorùbá Dialectal Model (YDM), Chief Ọbásanjọ́, Yorùbá language pedagogy…”
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A Review of Toyin Falọla. Cultural Modernity in a Colonized World: The Writings of Chief Isaac Oluwole Delanọ. Pan-African University Press, 2020, 739 pages. Toyin Falọla and Michael O. Afọlayan eds. Isaac O. Delanọ A Dictionary of Yoruba Monosyllabic Verbs Edited with an Introduction. Pan-African University Press, 2020, 538 pages. Toyin Falọla and Michael O. Afọlayan eds. Selected Works of Chief Isaac O. Delanọ on Yoruba Language Edited and Introduced. Pan-African University Press, 2020, 644 pages. by Bọla Dauda

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Intentional Manipulations? A Further Analysis of Selected English-Yoruba Humorous Translations by Ibukunolu Isaac Olodude

“…The posts, eleven in number, were tagged with the title ‘Translation 101’ and contained sentences in English language which were humorously translated some into the standard Yorùbá language and others into the Ibadan dialect of the Yorùbá language. …”
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On the Imperative of Language for Understanding African Art by Rowland Abiodun

“…Even though this possibility has always existed, as I had taught a course in Yorùbá art entirely in Yorùbá language at the University of Ifẹ (renamed Ọba ̀ ́fẹmi Awo ́ ́lọẃ ọ University) in ̀ the 1980s1 , no one was expecting that his entire contribution to the roundtable discussion would be presented in Yorùbá language. …”
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A Stylistic Analysis of Ṣeun Ògúnfìdítìmí’s Songs by Temidayo Akinrinlola

“…Studies on songs rendered in dialects of Yorùbá language are very scanty. Dearth of studies in this regard has prevented the propagation and documentation of dialects of Yorùbá language. …”
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A Review of Isaac Oluwole Delano’s Pioneering Works on Yoruba Grammar, Orthography, Lexicography and Cultural Education. by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“… Tis is a reproduction and an improved version of our opening chapter on Selected Works of Chief Isaac O. Delano on Yoruba Language. In it, we reintroduce the seminal works of the legendary writer and language educator, I. …”
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TRANSFER LEARNING BASED OFFLINE YORÙBÁ HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEM by OLUWASHINA OYENIRAN, EBENEZER OYEBODE

“…The system encompasses the upper and case characters of the Yorùbá language, and tonal letters that have a significant impact on the Yorùbá language. …”
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Traditional Songs of Ìlọrin: Enacting Identities, History, and Cultural Memories by Hakeem Olawale

“…However, despite these ethnic and cultural diversities of Ìlọrin and the Fúlàní political hold on it, Yorùbá language is the lingua franca of the community. …”
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Resolving Lexical Verb Ambiguity in Yoruba through Semantic Web Annotations by Aina A. Akindele

“…This paper, therefore recommends that more efforts be geared towards ontological annotation in order to foster more automated tools that will be built for the Yorùbá language. …”
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Domestication of Arabo-Islamic Words in the Ilọrin Dialect of Yorùbá by Abdulrazaq Mohammed Katibi

“… Language is a dynamic phenomenon which develops-among other things with the introduction of new concept. Yoruba language-like many other living languages- has developed for its ability to accommodate new concepts into its vocabulary. …”
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Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí as a Yorùbá Novelist by Lere Adeyemi

“…An average Yorùbá reader of Fálétí’s novels, poetry, plays and viewer of his films usually responds with delight because of his powerful use of Yorùbá language and captivating story lines, plot construct, narrative techniques and thematic contents. …”
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Yorùbá Proverbial Metaphor: A Rhetoric tool and Guiding Principle to Conflict Resolution by Emmanuel Oluniyi Ademola

“…Their cultural practice, heritage is found on the epitome of their proverbial prowess which are formed within the context of their traditional “Yorùbá language and dialect,” and used as a tool for conflict management and resolution. …”
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Yoruba Epistemology, Art, Language and the Universe of Meanings: A Meta-Analysis by Michael O. Afolayan

“…On the other, it concurs with Abiodun’s thesis of the indispensability of the Yoruba language and oral tradition in the understanding of the Yoruba art. …”
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Re-performing African Literature: A Review of Owonibi’s Translation of three Yoruba Literary works into English – Chief Gaa, Delusion of Grandeur and The Tight Game by Titilope Oluwaseun Oriola

“…The translation of these works from the indigenous Yoruba language to the English language, in no small measure increases its appeal yet preserving its contextual essence and values. …”
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Women in Obasá’s Poetry by Ayoola Oladunnke Aransi, Hakeem Olawale

“…Most of his works, as described by previous scholars, are based on his love for and interest in Yorùbá language, social values, language, style, cultural practices, and the recovery endangered Yoruba oral art (Babalolá 1971, ̣ 1973; Olábimtán 1974a, 1974b; Ògúnsínà 1980; O ̣ látúnji 1982; Akínye ̣ mí 1987, ̣ 1991, 2017; and Nnodim 2006). …”
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Ìgbélárugẹ Èdè: Akinwumi Isola’s Model for Promoting African Languages by Akinloye Ojo

“…Second, considering the use of Yoruba language in creative works of late Akínwùmí Oròjídé Iṣọ̀lá. …”
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The Yoruba News as a Political Tool and Avenue for Cultural Revival by Abidemi Bolarinwa

“… The Yorubà News, published by Obasa ̣, co-pioneered journalism, nay publishing, in Yorùbá language in southwestern Nigeria. Based in Ìbàdan and ̀ published by Ìlarè Printers, ̣́ The Yorùbá News, a bi-lingual serial in English and Yorùbá languages, remarkably had varying contents and wide circulation covering its locale, Íbàdan significantly; the southern protectorate, particularly Yorùbá land appreciably; and the entire nation, Nigeria marginally. …”
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