(adé)kúnmi
@mikumouse.bsky.social
Set out to be a polyglot, instead became a linguist.
Critical Language Pedagogy | Critical EAP
Doctoral student | Yorùbá as a heritage language in the UK | Interested in lots of things.
A Brit often abroad.
Critical Language Pedagogy | Critical EAP
Doctoral student | Yorùbá as a heritage language in the UK | Interested in lots of things.
A Brit often abroad.
This new meditation piece by Anahit Ghazaryan, trans. by Ani Jilavyan asks: 'Why learn Armenian'? And what does language mean for a people?
Read now: www.wasafiri.org/content/medi...
Read now: www.wasafiri.org/content/medi...
Meditations: Some Kind of Satellite by Anahit Ghazaryan
In this Meditations piece, Anahit Ghazaryan contemplates what motivates people to learn Armenian — and how language itself is lost, reshaped, hidden…
www.wasafiri.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Punished for speaking your mother tongue. #poetry (2025-07-16) www.threads.com/@scar_poetry...
Scar (@scar_poetry) on Threads
Were you punished for speaking your mother tongue?
How do we unlearn the shame and pain we were taught to associate our local languages with?
Are you making an intentional effort to now learn that lan...
www.threads.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Punished for speaking your mother tongue. #poetry (2025-07-16) www.threads.com/@scar_poetry...
'I can't say my own name': The pain of language loss in families (2023-06-13)
bbc.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
'I can't say my own name': The pain of language loss in families (2023-06-13)
...learning, teaching, and collectively working through the trauma of being laughed at 🥲 (2020~)
June 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
...learning, teaching, and collectively working through the trauma of being laughed at 🥲 (2020~)
Why #Decolonisation Starts With Reclaiming Language | Makanaka Tuwe (2018-06-07)
Why Decolonisation Starts With Reclaiming Language
Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o on the importance of te reo Māori and why he's on the warpath against the word 'tribe'.
www.vice.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why #Decolonisation Starts With Reclaiming Language | Makanaka Tuwe (2018-06-07)
I grew up not knowing my African #heritage. But now I feel a calling | Florence Boafo (2020-10-13)
I grew up not knowing my African heritage. But now I feel a calling | Florence Boafo
From Black Panther to Black Lives Matter, I’ve felt a new sense of identity and pride, that I will pass on to my children, says Florence Boafo
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I grew up not knowing my African #heritage. But now I feel a calling | Florence Boafo (2020-10-13)
Why learning your mother tongue as an adult is equal parts frustrating and rewarding #heritage (2020-12-25)
'I feel like a child': The challenges and rewards of learning your family's language
You might know the word for 'hello' in your family's language if you've grown up speaking it at home, but do you know the word for 'policy'? Angelique Lu on what it's like to go back to study Vietname...
www.abc.net.au
June 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Why learning your mother tongue as an adult is equal parts frustrating and rewarding #heritage (2020-12-25)
#Shame, Language, and Identity (2017-01-08)
Shame, Language, and Identity
Children are quick learners. They gravitate toward the things that they perceive to be more valuable than to others around them. They logically pursue the options that promise rewards, gratification,
www.postguam.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#Shame, Language, and Identity (2017-01-08)
"Growing up I didn't speak my own language, and it made me feel ashamed" | #Shame (2016-10-11)
Growing up I didn't speak my own language, and it made me feel ashamed | Angelina Joshua
There are only three people fluent in the Indigenous language Marra – this is my inspiration to spread the word and keep our languages strong
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Growing up I didn't speak my own language, and it made me feel ashamed" | #Shame (2016-10-11)
#Shame (2019-10-13)
Cultural shame of speaking our languages – in Africa and the diaspora
I was recently reading a work by Ngugi wa Thiong’o – Decolonizing the Mind: the politics of language in African Literature, an account written in 1986 as part of a collection of essays. In th…
africaninthediaspora.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#Shame (2019-10-13)
"When my name was butchered at school it made me feel different" ##Yoruba (2021-01-31)
'When my name was butchered at school it made me feel different' - BBC News
Yewande Biala has spoken about how mispronunciations of her name affect her, and other women agree.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"When my name was butchered at school it made me feel different" ##Yoruba (2021-01-31)
"My name is Yewande" #Yoruba (2021-01-26)
Yewande Biala: Mispronouncing people’s names is another form of racism
My name is important – and pronouncing it correctly is key to my identity
www.independent.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"My name is Yewande" #Yoruba (2021-01-26)
Àwòrán - A #Yoruba Heritage Mural Film about Culture Tree's project in Southwark Borough, London. (2024-04-23)
ÀWÒRÁN - A Yoruba Heritage Mural Film
YouTube video by CultureTree
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Àwòrán - A #Yoruba Heritage Mural Film about Culture Tree's project in Southwark Borough, London. (2024-04-23)
In the diaspora, students with Nigerian heritage are retracing their roots with #Yoruba language classes. @lacunamagazine.bsky.social (2023-11-14)
Meet the young British Nigerians who are taking Yoruba language lessons - Lacuna Magazine
In the diaspora, students with Nigerian heritage are retracing their roots with Yoruba language classes. The lessons aim to inspire confidence about a culture and heritage that might otherwise feel be...
lacuna.org.uk
June 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In the diaspora, students with Nigerian heritage are retracing their roots with #Yoruba language classes. @lacunamagazine.bsky.social (2023-11-14)
