Welcome

Kúnmi is a passionate and observant student of the spoken and written word. This is a quote from my friend Stephanie. I think it's her diplomatic way of saying I'm a nerd.

 

Over the years I have fervently attempted (albeit with varying degrees of success) to learn French, Spanish, Mandarin and Japanese. This infatuation with foreign phonetics was the reason why, after four years of finding ever more creative ways to teach people English in Spain, China and the UK, I decided to pursue an MA in Linguistics at SOAS University of London.

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While at SOAS, amidst debates on decolonisation and diversity, my attention shifted towards heritage language education, with a fixation on Yorùbá because well…I’m Yorùbá. This new focus was the foundation of my dissertation and featured prominently in a podcast episode I produced with the university's radio stations and SOAS's World Languages Institute.

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I have worked on ways to create Yorùbá learning resources for heritage speakers, alongside other writing and editing projects, as well as teaching English for Academic Purposes.