{"id":5948,"date":"2018-11-07T13:13:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:15:39","slug":"entertainment-education-and-technology-in-the-mother-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/entertainment-education-and-technology-in-the-mother-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment, Education and Technology in the Mother Tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6056\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8424-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/>This panel session was moderated by Kola Tubosun. It featured Tunde Adegbola, Kunle Afolayan and Dayo Olagunju as guest speakers. \u00a0Starting the panel session, Kola Tubosun asked \u201cif the impact of English language being the preferred language for some people has greatly affected the mother tongue, is there still a chance for the Yoruba language to survive?\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6055\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8420-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\u201cThere&#8217;s no way language will not go extinct if most of the supposed speakers of the language refuse to communicate in it,\u201d Dayo Olagunju responded. \u00a0He went ahead to describe how our mother tongue influences our reasoning ability. \u201cHow do we progress in a country like this if we refuse to use and appreciate our own language?\u201d he queried. The new trend is for parents to teach their children other foreign languages but not their mother tongue. To ensure the Yoruba language does not go extinct, speaking it to the young ones will go a long way. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6057\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8437-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/>On Education, Tunde Adegbola said, \u201cIt is a shame that the ifa corpus is seen as fetish and has no value like in the olden days.\u201d The ifa corpus is known to be very important in the aspect of learning culture, language and history. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6060\" src=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8426-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/>On the issue of entertainment, Kunle Afolayan said we need to appreciate our culture more. He spoke about his projects on making Yoruba language and culture popular, including the Yoruba animation for kids and \u2018kenbe kunle\u2019. \u201cWe should boast about our mother tongue not hide or be shamed by it,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunde Adegbola asked, \u201cHow is a doctor in UCH able to identify and distinguish between the seven levels of pain which the Yoruba language has clearly identified?\u201d It is true that all languages borrow from one another in the world but when the Yoruba language is spoken, it has a certain beauty to it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This panel session was moderated by Kola Tubosun. 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