Kolade was dropped off at the gate of the school by his mum. It was his first day at the new school in Lagos. His Dad has just been re-assigned from Ekiti to Lagos.
His mother was taken back with the question not until her son narrated the whole experience of what happened in his new school. She replied, “no one is saying you shouldn’t be proud of your language, it is not just proper to speak ‘Yoruba’ in school. English is the proper language,” but Kolade interrupted “If English is proper, why is my language not proper?”
The primary objective of these amazing feats was to restore the confidence of the people during the colonial era and to set a standard for cultural remembrance for the future. By not allowing proper communication of our native languages, our history and heritage gradually fade without our knowing. While we clamour for the preservation of all other indigenous languages in schools and all other learning institutions.