‘How Should We Write Yorùbá?’ British Library webinar, Day 2 (September 3, 2020)
Channel: British Library
Date: 2020-09-08

‘How Should We Write Yorùbá?’ British Library webinar, Day 2 (September 3, 2020)

The theme of Day 2 was Using Yorùbá Today: Literature, Leisure and the Academy. The issues raised involved creative writing and publishing, teaching, scholarly work, and the challenges of 21st century learning. 

The welcome is given by Dr Marion Wallace (British Library).

The panelists, in order of presentation, are Mọlará Wood (writer, cultural activist and editor), Dr Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies), Mosúnmọ́lá Adéòjó (University of Florida), Professor Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ (Ohio State University) and Àrẹ̀mú Adéọlá Jr (University of Lagos). 

The closing remarks are given by Dr Luisa Elena Mengoni (British Library).

This webinar was a project of Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, British Library Chevening Fellow 2019-2020. It was hosted by the British Library in partnership with Africa Writes and the Lagos Studies Association.


You can watch the Day 1 event Yorùbá: From Mission Field to Web Page, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDn2ou7umxs