By Mustapha Aleem
The governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola, has reiterated the need for educationists to promote the use of vernaculars as a medium of communication in schools at all levels.
The governor said it was difficult for blacks learning and reasoning in English language other languages adopted from the Europeans.
Aregbesola, made this known recently at an international conference at the Redeemers University, Ede.
In his speech, Africa must look inwards, Aregbesola said, Africa was more of a mastery to Africans than the non-Africans saying, most Africans were not conscious of their uniqueness until they become evident.
According to him, “Africanity is about the distinct nature of Africans and the increasing marginalisation of the continent on the global scale.
“It took me 25 years before I started thinking in English. Prior to that period, I would spend considerably long period trying to come up with a good expression. I was always translating Yoruba directly to English then. It was a difficult thing for me and this is not good enough,” he enthused.
He however lauded the school for partnering TOFAC on organising the conference. He said the university had become a formidable force in the education industry since the past 10 years of its establishment.
The vice chancellor of Redeemers University, Prof. Debo Adeyewa, said many people thought that the emergence of Senator Barack Obama would put an end to the criticism and discrimination meted out on the blacks by their counterparts from other continents.
He added that the rise of Obama had only added more salt to the wounds of the blacks as the blacks have now become more pessimistic of their race.
He said the struggle towards the liberation of the Blacks had just begun.
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