Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Promote Local Languages, Culture

Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Promote Local Languages, Culture

Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has stressed the need to promote Nigeria's local languages and culture in order to drive national development.

Soyinka explains why Nigeria must promote local languages, culture

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has harped on the need to promote Nigeria’s local languages and culture to drive national development. Soyinka made the call on Monday during an interactive session with newsmen following his visit to the Centre for Cultural Studies and Creative Arts, University of Iloirn, as part of activities leading to the institution’s maiden Cultural Week. The literary icon noted that a language is a repository of a people …

Academic wants preservation of mother tongue in schools

An academic, Mrs Oby Ezeilo has called  for the preservation of mother tongue in secondary schools by reviving the study of languages. By Angela Atabo An academic, Mrs Oby Ezeilo has called  for the preservation of mother tongue in secondary schools by reviving the study of languages. Ezeilo made the call at the Send Off party for Igbo speaking students who graduated from her learning centre in Abuja on Monday. She said language preservation was…

Soyinka Advocates Promotion of Local Languages for National Development

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has emphasized the urgent need to preserve and promote Nigeria’s indigenous languages and cultural heritage as a means to foster national development. Soyinka made the call on Monday during an interactive session with journalists at the University of Ilorin’s Centre for Cultural Studies and Creative Arts, where he paid a […] The post Soyinka Advocates Promotion of Local Languages for National Development appeare…

Why Nigeria must promote local languages, culture – Wole Soyinka — National Accord Newspaper %

Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stressed the need to promote Nigeria’s local languages and culture in order The post Why Nigeria must promote local languages, culture – Wole Soyinka appeared first on National Accord Newspaper.

Soyinka stresses need to promote Nigeria’s local languages - Worldstage

Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stressed the need to promote  Nigeria’s local languages and culture in order to drive national development. Soyinka made the call on Monday while answering questions from newsmen after his visit to the Centre for Cultural Studies and Creative Arts, University of Iloirn, as part of activities leading to the institution’s maiden Cultural Week. He said that a language is repository of a people and community, …