450 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project

About the book

The content was written by Adebanji Osanyingbemi, with contributions from Olayinka Carew aka Jack Lookman. It’s a collection of wise elderly words and sayings in Yoruba, translated into English, verbally and literally.

This collection contains 450 quotes.

The use of ‘Nigerian English’ on some occasions is intentional. It gives a bit of flavour to the content.

This book is an updated version of ‘405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations’

Audio versions could be found on Social media:

• Youtube
• TikTok
• jacksempowerment.com 
• Etc

Aims of the project

• To promote the richness of Yoruba language.
• To preserve Yoruba language.
• To empower adults, youths and children in studying Yoruba.
• To encourage the use of Yoruba language.
• To educate lovers of Yoruba.
• To promote interaction between Yorubas and lovers of the language.