The first Yoruba textbook in China.
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Just produced in China
I'm just very happy because this is the first Yoruba textbook in China.
I was contacted by the Beijing Foreign Studies University around 2020 during the COVID-19 crisis to come to China and set up a Yoruba program for them. I could have been in China since then but for the lockdown. So, I started an online teaching for their students after writing the syllabus and the approval.
Later, the University got an approval from the government and a publishing company was approved for the publication of the first Yoruba textbook for students. I worked with three Professors who had the opportunity to study the language in the US.
This is the product of our efforts after three years. I will be going to China in September to test run the book. I have two students already at UI who would be trained and take over from me.
I have taught them for 2 years online, but they are now here to feel the culture of us and improve their proficiency."
~~ Prof Goke Alamu , Èkìtì State University.