Aaty | American Association of teachers of Yoruba

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About AATY

The American Association of Teachers of Yorùbá (AATY) exists as a platform to facilitate the sharing of ideas, research and creative works on Yoruba Language, Literature, and Culture by linguists, literature scholars, language pedagogists, translation scholars, and others...

News and Announcements

The Application details for Fulbright-Hays Yoruba Group Project Abroad (YGPA) 2023 has been announced. Deadline is January 31st!

AATY launches its maiden scholarly journal

Ìmọ̀ Èdè:

Journal of Yoruba Language Pedagogy (JYLP)

This journal is dedicated to topics related to the teaching and learning of the Yorùbá language in second and foreign language contexts.

Learn more and submit an article.

Universities in the US Where Yoruba is Taught.

University of Florida-Gainesville

Indiana University, Bloomington

Universty of Georgia, Athens

Yale University

University Of Wisconsin-Madison

Howard University

Universty of Texas, Austin

Cornell University

Member Spotlight

Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí

Cheers! Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí appointed for another term as Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Florida- Gainesville. His ground-breaking book, Orature and Yorùbá Riddles attracts positive reviews.

Opportunities

For Yorùbá Learners

Yorùbá Group Project Abroad
African Flagship Languages Initiative (AFLI), University of Florida, Gainesville.
African Language Summer Institute (ALSI), Howard University.
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

About AATY

The Application details for Fulbright-Hays Yoruba Group Project Abroad (YGPA) 2023 has been announced. Deadline is January 31st!

Opportunities

For Yorùbá Learners

Affiliated Organizations