According to Punch, Renowned playwright, actor, dramatist and culture activist, Prof. Akinwunmi Isola, has said Yoruba language is sick.
A Professor of Yoruba language, Isola spoke during a dinner organised in honour of traditional rulers that attended Oodu'a Children's Day celebration in Osogbo.
He said, "Language is culture, and if a language is sick, then such culture is sick. Yoruba language is currently sick.
"When we talk about a culture, language is the key. It is the vehicle with which culture is driven. Without language, there is no culture.
"Yoruba has a very rich culture that we can teach the whole world. We are the custodian of 'virtue as a culture' and one the world will benefit from."
The don charged traditional rulers, who are the custodian of Yoruba culture and heritage, to prevent Yoruba language from going into extinction.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, commended the developmental strides of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
Both rulers noted that the governor had achieved infrastructural development in the state, despite meagre resources accruable to the state.
yorubas traded their culture for oyinbo culture.
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