Iya Ni Wura

Here's a lovely song Yinka my other Yoruba teacher taught us. 

It's a song about your mother. Translation is below:

Iya ni wura iyebÍye 

Tí a kò le fowórà

Ó loyun mi fósù  mésànán

Ó pon mi fodún metà

Iya ni wura iyebÍye 

Tí a kò le fowóràu

Mum is as precious as gold

That we cannot pay with money

She carried me for 9 months

and put me on her back for 3 years

Mum is as precious as gold

That we cannot pay with money

Oya

We've reached lesson 16 in Yoruba. I've not remained faithful to the weekly update, but equally I have not engaged with the syllabus as I had expected I would.

Anyway, in the past 3 Tuesdays our Yoruba teacher Akin has compressed a usually 2 hour long lesson into 1 and a half hours to allow us to watch this film he found on YouTube. Watching Nollywood as a form of study - AWESOME!

I thought I'd share. So below is the first video for your viewing pleasure. You should be able to find the subsequent videos in the menu at the end. There are tonnes more on YouTube and remember by watching them, you not only improve your Yoruba but you raise the profile of Nigeria and its film industry:

Enjoy!