Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde
Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde is a thought-provoking podcast that uses timeless Yoruba proverbs to interpret today’s world. Each episode connects contemporary events to Yoruba cultural perspectives, exploring values, norms, traditions, and everyday wisdom. Through stories, explanations, and real-life examples, host Bidemi Ologunde promotes the Yoruba language, highlights its richness and relevance, and invites listeners—whether fluent speakers or curious learners—to reflect, learn, and proudly preserve Yoruba heritage.
Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde
AI and the Yoruba Language
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde follows the Yoruba language across continents: from Nigeria to Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, the U.K., and the U.S., and asks what happens when AI enters the story circle. Can a “virtual council of elders” help preserve òwe (proverbs), tone, and tradition in diaspora homes? What do we gain when technology records folktales, builds Yoruba chatbots, and supports heritage learners? What might we lose if screens replace living mentorship? How can families use AI to strengthen intergenerational transmission instead of outsourcing it? And what can Yoruba learn from other global languages working to survive and thrive in the digital age?
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