The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has introduced courses for the Yoruba language of Nigeria and West Africa in three levels of 3 credits each.
Yoruba 401 – Elementary Level
Yoruba 402 – Beginners’ Level (Elementary II)
Yoruba 403 – Intermediate Level
At the end of the third program 403, students are expected to be equipped with the basic elements of Yoruba language and culture. Significant oral and aural activities in the Yoruba language and will continue increasing their level of active vocabulary.
This adds to the growing list of American Universities that now offer Yoruba language both as credit unit courses and as degree programs, about 30 of them as at last counting, including; Harvard, Yale, Michigan, Cornell, Stanford, Howard, Indiana and more- Making Yoruba one of the most well studied African languages in America. Just in the past month, Eight new Yoruba language teachers were recruited into various U.S Universities to teach Yoruba.
