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is a writer, lawyer and Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of African & Diaspora Studies at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

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TITO KOLAWOLE

MAY 2 2023

‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’

TITO KOLAWOLE•MAY 2 2023

‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's experience of the Lagos state election raised several questions, including: do non-fluent Yoruba people face a cultural catch-22? Are they confined to either ridicule if they speak Yoruba or to coming across as out of touch if they don't?

‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’

TITO KOLAWOLE•MAY 2 2023

‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's experience of the Lagos state election raised several questions, including: do non-fluent Yoruba people face a cultural catch-22? Are they confined to either ridicule if they speak Yoruba or to coming across as out of touch if they don't?