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 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...