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Being able to speak Yoruba doesn't stop you from being articulate and eloquent. That is what people respect and not your inability to speak Yoruba.

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I thought so too

naija u to dey yab unaself.

For some it works for others it doesn't. Both my grandfathers were polygamist. For my maternal grandfather it worked. The family is so close knitted you can hardly tell siblings from half siblings. The two wives pretty much got along till my grandmother died. For my dad's side of the family it's complete disaster. Lack of trust and love, jealousy, different accusations levelled against each other- it's terrible. They might pretend to be cordial but they don't trust each other at all. Some have completely deserted the family for fear of "juju". The only ones who really care for each other are actually siblings.

As for me at this age and time, Hell no.

Ndipe:
And this trend persists in today's world. I heard of a lady, impressed by the work of her maid, encouraged her husband to marry her, which he did. (Sorry, don't want to delve into it)

Is that a naija movie or true life story. I find it hard to believe just because a woman was satisfied with her maid's job, she decided her husband should marry her.

That a child cannot speak his/her native tongue is not the child's fault. Many parents are too be blamed for this. The strongest link you have to your culture is your language once you loose that it becomes hard to preserve the culture.
One of my cousins brought the child to my place one day and my mum was conversing with the child in Yoruba. The poor boy could not understand a single word. My cousin told my mum "oh we don't speak Yoruba to him, we want him to be able to express himself very well in English". I thought that was the most stupid thing I've ever heard. My mum God bless her till today refuses to converse with the child in English. Now he understands Yoruba and can say few phrases in Yoruba.
Another thing, once my friends and I were at the school grill and this Yoruba man walked in and I said "oju ti o ri yin gbo". One Yoruba boy turned to me and said "what! I thought you were ajebo but you must be ajepaki for you to  understand Yoruba that much"
The thing is some refuse to teach their kids Yoruba because they think; 1) it will mess up their English (that's bullshit) and 2) it is uncool - apparently to some it shows you are from the upper echelon of the society ( too me that shows your ignorance)

I don't think it's out for sales yet.

I'm looking for this girl. Her name is Nike Omole she attended Oritamefa Baptist Nursery and Primary School Ibadan. She later went on to International School Ibadan or so I think. Anyways I heard she's in the US and I will really like to meet her again. We were in the same primary six class.
Another one is Sola Sowande She went to Command Day Secondary School, class of 99.