Episode 10: Kola Tubosun in Conversation with Jola Naibi

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Kola Tubosun is a Nigerian poet, linguist, writer, translator, publisher, and documentary filmmaker. He is the curator of YorubaName.com, the first crowd-sourced dictionary of Yoruba names. His published work include Esu at the Library, Edwardsville by Heart, and Igba Ewe: Translated Poems of Emily R. Grosholz. He recently directed Ebrohimie Road, a documentary focusing on the small bungalow on the campus of the University of Ibadan that played a strong role in the life and work of Wole Soyinka. In this conversation with Jola Naibi, for the Tokunbo podcast series, he discusses the role of translation in storytelling, and how it contributes to preserving and sharing Nigerian narratives globally.