“Every Time I Speak Yoruba, Many People Say That I Don’t Look Like The Language I Speak” – According to Adunni Ade

Adunni Ade, a well-known Yoruba film actress, has shared what some people used to say to her whenever she spoke the language. During an interactive session on the TV show, she revealed in a video that was uploaded to Channels Television’s official Instagram page that whenever she speaks Yoruba, many people often comment that she doesn’t look like the Yoruba language she is speaking. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

She noted in her statement, “Being from Nigeria, where English is the first language we know, sometimes it gets on my nerves.

“Let us put all the other languages aside, and some people would tell me to speak Yoruba whenever I was with them.

“I don’t know how that would make them feel better, maybe they just want to hear me speak Yoruba.

“Every time I speak Yoruba, many people say that I don’t look like the language I speak.

“I appreciate the fact that my father brought me here and I am able to learn the Nigerian culture, but what I think is that the Yoruba people want to claim me.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

Watch the video from (0:10 to 1:34).

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