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Prof. Yetunde Olaniyan

Professor of Yoruba Studies
Director of Culture
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Founder profile
Founding status
Founder
Current office
Director of Culture
Areas of interest
Language preservation, oral tradition, cultural education
Professor Yetunde Olaniyan teaches Yoruba language and literature and has written on Ifa poetry, oriki and the role of oral tradition in public memory.

Professional background

Prof. Olaniyan has supervised a generation of researchers in Yoruba studies and edited anthologies of oriki from across Yorubaland.

She is a frequent voice on radio programmes about language preservation.

Contribution to YPRM

She leads the movement’s culture programme and makes sure its public writing honours Yoruba language and thought.

In their words
Ede wa ni idanimo wa. Our language is our identity.
Prof. Yetunde Olaniyan
The founders

The people who started it.

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Chief Adebayo Ogunleye

Convener
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Barr. Folasade Akinyemi

Legal Adviser
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Oluwaseun Ajayi

Development economist

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