Excellent interview and topic. So on point, we shouldn't worship other people's language to the point that we shame our own when they make mistakes speaking a language that is not even theirs. Fluency in English does not determine one's intelligence

I love this Man.. Ever since I heard him speak at thinkation.. Been listening.. He's phenomenal! He speaks directly to my soul whenever I hear him speak..

Came across this interview I can listen to this gentleman speak. He speaks truth and I am now sharing his video with my friends. I get chills listening to him, boy is he great.

Your NATURAL language is your NATURE❤

This is very interesting and serious problem with us in the diaspora if you don't have an accent you may not get employed no matter how eloquent or qualified you are. Our broken English is becoming acceptable and being speak in the Caribbean and some part of the world. Thank you so much sir for the encouragement 🙏

Anytime you ignore the GIFT of nature, you start missing it. Good insight

Saw this clip on tiktok, but I was moved to watched the complete clip, wisdom speaking 👍👍👍

Pidgin is our proof of struggle with the English language. Yes Sir

We are our problem. We need to accept ourselves for what we are. Let's develop our pidgin and standardize it for learning. That's how English language was created.

It's 2023 and this message still resonates. This time, even deeper. Thanks Tẹju and thank you Kunle

This talk jex dey burst my head, I'm moved... Standing ovation jare👏👏

Mr Olakunle need to be a motivational speaker and go and educate our people 👏

Just happened at Dunamis❤

Thanks brother, you’re encouraging us 👍

This is great!!! God bless you

I love love this

Very right ....reminded me of the best medical student in uniben , a scholar , expelled after 5yrs bcos he had pass in English language at entrance into the school . Nigeria lost a genius that year in the medical field . God help Nigeria .

Decolonize our minds, decolonize our attitudes. Ngugi wa Thiongo has been saying this foerever. Bob Marley said “emancipate yourselves from mental slavery…” Buhari is president NOT because of his turenci.

WOW ! Memories ...

Preach on bro,preach.

Absolutely brilliant....!

True son of the soil. Mama Africa is proud of you.

All said here is very very true

This is wonderful 🙂

Well spoken sir.

People neglected their dialect and embrace foreign language, Isn't that an embarrassment? Anyway good talk, well done mr soriyan

Ur communication is ur strength. Ur speach is good...

Well spoken bro. Teju, your visitor has spoken well. God Almighty does not look at english language. Not passport to God's Kingdom

Please, Mr Teju, I'll like you to invite John OBIDI

Nice one

The Link appears not to be clickable from facebook Mobile app, the views would have been more than this

Great guy talking ooo

Some years ago who would have thought there'd be a BBC pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa (by the way most students in Northern Nigerian primary and secondary schools are taught their subjects in Hausa language). Who would have thought that our musicians would be taking their world by storm and winning awards singing in their native languages eg Fela, Wasiu, Burna boy, Davido, wiz kid, Angelic kidjo, other African musicians etc. Even our dances are ruling the social media space. Nowadays even in the diaspora, Africans find themselves speaking their native tongues more openly and without shame or hindrances like u guys are mouthing here with the foreigners exited to learn and speak it along with us. Recently I watched how a Chinese man was speaking the Nigerian Igbo language fluently and even cooked igbo soups in his restaurant. How choirs abroad sing fluently in Yoruba language and other African languages. In offices today, most people don't bother with queens english again but prefer to use pidgin or their native tongue to communicate! Try and join the train o, the revolution has started!

This is over great

They should make their original language mandatory in all their states

@tejubabyface, let this be re shared online due to the recent happening @Dunamis church.

why is this video not trending?

Is only in Nigeria pple abondon there language for a foreign language

Mother Tongue is best

So, my contribution is one should not belittle his/herself if he does not speak fluent English. Although is it good to learn to speak English, do not buy the idea, which many has accepted, that you are of less worth and thus hinder your own progress if you don't speak English fluently. What has happened to the qualities such as hard-work, kindness, reasonability, loving your neighbor, and other fine qualities? These are things we should be proud of and strive to achieve, not whether i can speak "English" or not.

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Please let us know his current websites

Does this guy have a KZfaq channel

I am on a Doctoral fellowship in China. And I can bet you that they're excellent at Maths, Physics, Chemistry, and in other core sciences because they're instructed in their language. We may fully appreciate what Mr. Soriyan is saying if you have lived or studied in parts of Asia. Good one Mr. Babyface.

🤔 Hmm...I generally prefer not to comment on these kinds of videos because many viewers will not be dispassionate enough to read and digest most arguments that appear technical or "unpatriotic". However, I will make a few points and ask a few questions on this issue. Note: I fully understand the need to keep our African languages alive, and I speak two major Nigerian languages. The goal of language is Communication, and communication is EVERYTHING in our civilization. The ability to communicate "correctly" sometimes means life or death, peace or war.No particular language is necessary for success. However, if your work requires collaboration (like most do) with different people, then language will make a huge impact on your success. Africa is the most diverse continent on earth. Diversity can be a plus, but it can also be a huge negative for progress. Africa has around 3000 languages, assuming every speaker insists on using his/her native language in all interactions, what will be achieved? What is going on in diplomacy circles like United Nations is politics, and it's not necessarily representative of everyday interactions. China teaches the English language to its people at school because it understands that English is the business language of the world In the olden days, royalty and the ruling class learned and spoke multiple languages because it was necessary for diplomacy and business. Today, as the world gets ever smaller and more technically advanced, humans will continue to congregate towards a few languages for global communication and collaboration. The European languages (Spanish, French, and English) have cornered that role due to earlier European exploration and colonization in the last few centuries. During European exploration and colonization adventures, they discovered and documented a lot of things about our planet. Those things are worth knowing, and we can only know them by either learning the language that those writings were done with or translate. Written communication is very important. How many of us (Africans) can read or write our native African language? African youths need to study science for the progress of Africa. I would like to see the books on Physics, Chemistry, and Biology that have been written in native African languages. Nigeria has hundreds of languages and dialects. I'm curious to know how many native Nigerian languages he speaks. Also, I would like to know how the young he mentioned who wanted to study law would have defended his clients in court without being able to understand and communicate the technicalities of issues which many times are needed in the legal profession. I don't know if anyone can study and pass as a mathematician without the inability to "integrate" and "differentiate". 🙏

This is such a trivial and unhelpful discussion. I can agree with the discussion that people should not be judged on their ascent given that it is our second language and naturally, our native accent will interfere with it. However, if you have been educated in English, and all your training are in English, and you can't speak it, then your competence and intelligence should rightly be questioned. The comparison with Germans or the Chinese are false strawman

Motivational speakers speak too much and do less. Good talk, how I wish you could put your talk in action by using your local language and dressing like up like an ancient Aftican