In an interview with, the Gringo actor said due to his British accent, people often assume that he does not understand the language.
Oyelowo, whose father hailed from Oyo State and his mother from Edo State, said, “I can barely speak it but I can understand it. If you were to say anything, I will understand it; but to my shame, my Yoruba has decreased immensely. I lived in Lagos from the age of 6-13, and it has been quite a while since I have been speaking Yoruba.
“It is a great trick of mine that whenever I am around fellow Nigerians, they think that I cannot understand Yoruba and then I get to know what they really think of me when they start to speak Yoruba and I cannot understand them.”
Who that one help, if you like don't know how to speak at all
Go and learn it o because some whites are studying the beautiful language in some universities around the world.
nonsense and ingredients, who is begging you to speak yoruba? Do they count us speaking it and we are not complete. oshisko
Èmi kò ní fi owó òsì júwe ilé bàbá mí
mrinfallible001 This is heartbreaking 😭 he's one of my favorite British-Nigerian actors after Chinwetel Ejiofor.
As if I give a fuck!!! Your cup of tea!!!
Congratulations then...
Which means that he was forced to be a Yoruba man🤔
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