Global Voices Yorùbá Lingua Manager Ọmọ Yoòbá interviewed Chief Ògúntósìn, via WhatsApp voice note messaging, to learn more about how he discovered this new alphabet.Ĭhief Ògúntósìn, now 43, explained that after the demise of his father in 1997, he had to care for his siblings as the oldest son and could not further his education after completing secondary school. However, as a Yorùbá chief, he focused his cultural work on uniting the seven grandchildren of Odùduwa, serving as a mediator. In 2011, he approached a babaláwo or “diviner” of Ifa, the Yorùbá god of wisdom.Īs his cultural integration work progressed, however, he wanted to achieve more. The diviner, Olókun Awópẹ̀tu, told him to visit his ancestral shrine within the Farasinmi community in Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria, and to take whatever he came into contact with at the shrine. There, he found a “strange object” that he took with him back to Porto-Novo, Benin. When he arrived, the house was completely dark. With no light bulbs in the living room, he usually relied on light emitted from the rays of the TV screen. He placed the object on the table and switched on the TV, only to discover, surprisingly, that the object he placed on the table had disappeared. He turned the entire room upside down and finally found it in a corner of the house. That night, he slept with the object under his pillow. When I got to the sun, it was dark and I was shown the alphabet in the form of lightning. Every time I slept, I had similar dreams, going from planet to planet, teaching people how to use the script…įor three years, he kept dreaming about the alphabet, seeing visions consecutively, yet he did nothing about it. This time around, in 2016, I went to the sun again, I met a man, Lámúrúdu, who taught me the sound of the alphabet, he afterward sanctioned me to go all over the globe teaching people the mastery of the symbols. I usually look old in my dreams - and tired - when I wake up from sleep. Things started to become scary for Chief Ògúntósìn - he began to feel weak, he told Global Voices. He decided to narrate his dreams to a close spiritual adviser, Oníkòyí, king of Àjàṣẹ́ in Port-Novo, who counseled him to do what he was instructed in his dreams.įor this reason, he now travels from place to place in Yorùbáland to pass on his knowledge of the Odùduwà alphabet. The following is a short video of teachers instructing students how to write the Odùduwà alphabet in a Benin classroom: In 2017, Chief Ògúntósìn, in the company of prominent traditional rulers in Yorùbáland and the diaspora, paid a visit to Rauf Arẹ́gbẹ́ṣọlá, the one-time governor of Nigeria’s Ọ̀ṣun State, in Òṣogbo, the state capital, to solicit support for his newly found Odùduwà alphabet. Arẹ́gbẹ́ṣọlá now serves as the Minister of the Federal Ministry of Interior of Nigeria.Ī reminder letter was sent to the governor of Osun state after promises made to teach the new alphabet have gone unfulfilled. Learn more at: knowwhatsinside.Three years later, regrettably, verbal promises made by former governor Arẹ́gbẹ́ṣọlá to teach the discovered alphabet in elementary schools across southwest Nigeria have gone unfulfilled. The Privacy Policy can be found here: /privacypolicyĪs a Know What’s Inside member, we follow best practices for kids’ apps. Our apps are designed specially for children, with special attention to the privacy. Watch the Official Trailer: youtu.be/ElUImOqsmXcįind out more at: /talking-abc Talking ABC is compatible with iPhone 4s, iPad 2, iPod touch 4 or higher. Exciting learning of letters from A to Z “Talking ABC is a must have app for kids”. “It is a child-friendly app that kids will find easy to navigate and use”. “It’s a fun, unique way for little ones to practice their letter recognition”. “It is a great place to start their journey into the world of reading”. “One of the most engaging and innovative ABC apps on the market”. “With its creative animation, this app puts a twist on an otherwise fairly typical ABC book”. The app contains 6 games, each of which is interesting and efficient in its special way. A cheerful, beautiful and memorable song about letters will help to remember the alphabet easily and will bring a wonderful mood. The process of learning the letters is exciting and fun while amusing animal characters are made in the style of clay animation.Įach animal has a Talking mode, enabling a child not only listen how letters and animals sound, but also to practice the pronunciation. Talking ABC is an interactive alphabet created with love and care.
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