by karibani_admin | Jul 3, 2024 | Yoruba
This article is mainly sourced from Laurent Fourchard’s paper titled – The Case of Ibadan, Nigeria* Let us take you on a whirlwind tour of Ibadan, a city with more layers than a Yoruba bride’s gele. This is a place where history and hustle meet,...
by Bode Oyelowo | May 30, 2024 | Hausa, Igbo, Language, Swahili, Yoruba
On Saturday, May 25th, 2024, the town of Loughborough came alive with the sounds, flavours, and stories of Africa. In a heartwarming and energetic gathering at The Hub Project, KARIBANI, in collaboration with The Business of Being and DEAR JESAS, hosted the second...
by karibani_admin | Jan 10, 2023 | Yoruba
Perhaps you may have heard of ChatGPT. For those who have not, ChatGPT(Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is simply a model ‘which interacts in a conversational way’. In more technical terms, according to Wikipedia, it is a is a chatbot built on top of...
by karibani_admin | Dec 13, 2022 | Language
Over, the years, many African countries have seen a lot of their people move out of the country overseas in search of greener pastures. Outside their natural habitat, they realize that they start doing things the way their new environment does. Most of the times,...
by Damilola Sanwoolu | Jul 2, 2022 | Language
Every parent wants overall development for their Children. This is why we have parents sending their kids to school, engaging in physical activities such as taking them to playgrounds, reading bedtime stories and even helping out with homeworks and so much more. We...
by Damilola Sanwoolu | Jun 9, 2022 | Igbo, Language
Igbo Men celebrating their culture. Where did the Igbos come from? The story of the origin of the Igbos is not a unanimous one. Some believe the popular Igbo Folklore that states the Igbo people descended from Eri, a divine figure who was sent from heaven to Earth to...
by Damilola Sanwoolu | Apr 25, 2022 | Language, Yoruba
Do you know that it is widely believed that the origin of the Yoruba as a nation is traced back to Oduduwa in the city of Ile-Ife. Ile-Ife is a city in Osun State, a south-western part of Nigeria. It is acclaimed that in Ile-Ife, there is a spot where Olodumare, the...
by Damilola Sanwoolu | Mar 24, 2022 | Hausa, Language, Swahili, Yoruba
It is often said that a Man’s identity is tied to the language he speaks. Through pronunciations, accents and dictions, you can pick out a Briton from an American, a Ghanaian from a Nigerian. Languages help to tie us to a Culture, a People, a Home; a means of...
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