Omoniyi Afolabi

The notion of a “Portuguese commonwealth” has always been an imperial desire of Portugal to the extent of justifying conquest and subjugation in the so-called “colonies” through varying tropical mythologies. Even after independence, Portugal continued to exercise tremendous cultural and political influences on its former colonies, including Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde. This course engages some of the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds while at the same time drawing connections and contrasts between them. In addition to a contextual survey of the “triangle”, we will examine some of the strategies adopted by the colonized to decolonize their minds through interdisciplinary case studies. Drawing upon a mix of theoretical, cultural, historical, sociological, and literary readings, we will tease out the vibrant affinities and/or tensions between Africa and Brazil, Africa and Portugal, Brazil and Portugal, Portugal and Asia, etc. We will foreground our discussions with the concepts of Luso-Tropicalism and Postcolonialism while reflecting on the myth of racial harmony in the Lusophone Atlantic world.

One of the three main languages of Nigeria, Yoruba accounts for about 20 million speakers of the language in Southwestern Nigeria alone as we as another 15 million beyond the immediate Yorubaland, including Nigerian neighbors such as the Republic of Benin and Togo as well as in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, among other diaspora nations where Yoruba is used in ritual and sacred rites.  This course focuses on the spoken standard Yoruba language as used in contemporary Nigeria. Students will acquire all four skills in language instruction: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  In addition, students will be exposed to several cultural issues and values as they are gradually immersed into the Yoruba world and culture through language and other multimedia.

This is a survey course on Lusophone African literatures with particular emphasis on Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde Islands. The course focuses on combative struggle that led to the independence of the five nations as well as the new postcolonial tendencies such as ideological subversion, mythification, demythification, remythification, globalization, and resistance in the face of modernity and “post-colonial” disillusion. The course seeks to provide a panoramic view highlighting the common and divergent characteristics between the five.  Beyond the analysis of poems in A Horse of White Clouds: Poems from Lusophone Africa, we will focus on a few select authors such as Mia Couto, Luandino Vieira, Luís Bernardo Honwana, Lina Magaia, Paulina Chiziane, Germano Almeida, etc.

Objectives:

1. Introduce students to the decisive moments of the literary history of Lusophone Africa.
2. Analyze representative texts and highlight the thematic, contextual, and ideological issues.
3. Question the current critical models and propose other more inclusive possibilities. 

Basic Themes:

• Brief historical contextualization of Portuguese colonialism in Africa.
• Exotic / colonial / national literatures.
• Negritude movement, Pan Africanism, and African Personality.
• Colonial wars; armed struggle; Affirmation of African identity.
• Insularity, evasion, and anti-evasion.
• Miscegenation, Lusotropicalism, mulatitude.
• Colonial indictment and quest for freedom.
• Slavery; Diaspora, “Contract” work.
• Critique of the colonial society.
• Rural vs. urban space.
• Hope and Anticipation of new order.
• Counterpoint of independence waves (Civil War—Angola & Mozambique)
• Comparative perspectives: Africa, Afro-Brazil, Portugal? 

Texts:

1. Don Burness (ed.): A Horse of White Clouds: Poems from Lusophone Africa.
2. José Luandino Vieira: The Real Life of Domingos Xavier.
3. Luís Bernardo Honwana: We Killed Mangy-Dog.
4. Lina Magaia: Dumba Nengue: Run for Your Life.
5. Mia Couto: Voices Made Night.
6. Germano Almeida: The Last Will of Senhor da Silva Araújo.

Films:

• “Udju Azul de Yonta” (Blue Eyes of Yonta)
• “Mortu Mega” (Those Whom Death Refused)
• “O Herói” (The Hero)
• “Terra Sonâmbula” (Sleepwalking Land)
• “O Testamento do Sr. Napumoceno” (Napumoceno’s Will)

One of the three main languages of Nigeria, Yoruba accounts for about 20 million speakers of the language in Southwestern Nigeria alone as we as another 15 million beyond the immediate Yorubaland, including Nigerian neighbors such as the Republic of Benin and Togo as well as in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, among other diaspora nations where Yoruba is used in ritual and sacred rites.  This course focuses on the spoken standard Yoruba language as used in contemporary Nigeria. Students will acquire all four skills in language instruction: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  In addition, students will be exposed to several cultural issues and values as they are gradually immersed into the Yoruba world and culture through language and other multimedia.

Yoruba Language second year I

One of the three main languages of Nigeria, Yoruba accounts for about 20 million speakers of the language in Southwestern Nigeria alone as we as another 15 million beyond the immediate Yorubaland, including Nigerian neighbors such as the Republic of Benin and Togo as well as in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, among other diaspora nations where Yoruba is used in ritual and sacred rites.  This course focuses on the spoken standard Yoruba language as used in contemporary Nigeria. Students will acquire all four skills in language instruction: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  In addition, students will be exposed to several cultural issues and values as they are gradually immersed into the Yoruba world and culture through language and other multimedia.

SECOND-YEAR YORUBA I, A Nigerian Language.

YOR 312L: SECOND YEAR YORUBA II

#35625 (Spring 2010)

 

PROF. NIYI AFOLABI

afolabi@mail.utexas.edu

PAR 101
MWF: 3: 00 – 4: 00

OFFICE HOURS

MW 1: 00 - 2:00***BENEDICT 3.110

(and by appointment)***512-232-4510

 

REQUIRED TEXTS

 

1. JE KÁ KA YORUBA by Antonia Y. Folarin Schleicher (Yale University Press, 1993) [JKKY]

2. Ìwé Keji - Alawiye by J.F. Odunjo (1970)

3. JE KÁ KA YORUBA Companion CD-ROM by Antonia Y. Folarin Schleicher (1998) [JKKY CD-ROM]

4. Yoruba Newspaper Reader by Antonia Y. Folarin Schleicher (1998) [YNR]

5. Yoruba Dictionary

 

DESCRIPTION

 

One of the three main languages of Nigeria, Yoruba accounts for about 20 million speakers of the language in Southwestern Nigeria alone as we as another 15 million beyond the immediate Yorubaland, including Nigerian neighbors such as the Republic of Benin and Togo as well as in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, among other diaspora nations where Yoruba is used in ritual and sacred rites.  This course focuses on the spoken standard Yoruba language as used in contemporary Nigeria. Students will acquire all four skills in language instruction: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  In addition, students will be exposed to several cultural issues and values as they are gradually immersed into the Yoruba world and culture through language and other multimedia.

 

OBJECTIVES

1. Develop students’ communicative skills in all four areas: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
2. Develop oral skills through a variety of activities such as dialogues, pronunciation, skits, group activities, role playing, etc.
3. Ensure that by the end of the semester students are able to conduct basic, meaningful, and conversational activities in Yoruba.
4. Encourage the understanding of Yoruba culture on the continent as well as in its diaspora.
5. Seize all opportunities for linguistic and cultural immersion by having students perform a short play as part of their final exam project.

 

 

 

GRADING POLICY

20% Attendance and Class Participation
20% Quizzes

10% Homework & Essays

10% Technology Presentations
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam

 

NUMERIC GRADING

A       = 95-100
A-      = 90-93
B       = 86-90
B-      = 81-85
C       = 70-80
D       = 60-69
F       = 00-59

 

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION

Language learning involves practice. Attendance counts for 20% and involves participation.  You cannot participate if you are absent. Three unexcused absences will lower your final grade by a letter grade.

 

QUIZZES

Four (4) quizzes over the course of the semester will account for 20% of the final grade. 

 

HOMEWORK & WRITING

Four (4) essays will also account for 10% of the final grade.  Homework assignments will be graded to improve learning and systematically assist in the writing of the 4 graded essays.  Individual efforts will translate into steady accumulation of competence and performance in the language in the course of the semester.

 

MIDTERM EXAM

The midterm exam will include both written and oral proficiency test and account for 20% of the final grade.

 

 

 

FINAL EXAM

This is a cumulative test of all the four skills: spoken, listening, reading, and writing. It will also involve a short play to be performed by the entire class. The final exam counts for 20% of the final grade.

 

ORAL TEST & PERFORMANCE

Oral tests will be integrated within the 4 quizzes (above), hence it is important to avoid arriving late to class as these oral tests will be administered at the beginning of the class.  The oral performance part will take the form of rehearsals and ultimate performance of a short play at the end of the semester. We will discuss schedules by mid semester in order to decide appropriate time for such rehearsals outside of class time.  The entire performance will count for 15%.

 

TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATIONS

This builds upon the foundational technological skills from YOR 507 and YOR 312K.  Students are encouraged to choose a project topic that is different from previous class to avoid redundancy.  Possible topics will be provided in consultation with the professor.  This project accounts for 10% of the final grade.

IMPORTANT DUE DATES

 

Essay 1: January 27

Quiz 1: February 5

Essay 2: February 15

MIDTERM: February 26

Essay 3: March 3

Quizzes 2 & 3: March 10

Essay 4: March 12

Quiz 4: March 24

Technology Presentations: May 3 & 4

Final Exam: TBA

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

 

QUIZZES

These will be based on material covered in class through the scheduled date of the quizzes.  Attention should be placed to assigned homework and in-class activities.

 

ESSAYS

These are opportunities to practice the language in a more applied form.  While plagiarism will NOT be tolerated, students should read as much as possible outside of class to familiarize with forms of essay writing beyond the class.

 

MIDTERM

This will be cumulative and is designed to serve as a form of review of the material covered up until that time.

COURSE OUTLINE

JANUARY

20                Introduction & Course Overview

Classroom Structure & Expectations

Review of Greetings & Social Interaction

 

          22                Review of Culture Among the Yoruba

                             Use of Songs to Teach Culture

                             READ-JKKY pp. 114-116

 

          25                Raising Children

                             Tone Drills: JKKY  p. 128

                       READ: Lesson 7: JKKY pp. 119-122

 

     27                Raising  children (contd.)

Tone Drills

READ: Lesson 7: JKKY pp. 119-122

DUE-- ESSAY 1-- Describe your childhood values in Yoruba

 

          29                Tone Drills           

                             Review of Negation

                             READ: Lesson 7: JKKY pp. 122-123

                             HOMEWORK-- Exercises—6 & 7, p. 123

 

                    

 

FEBRUARY

 

1                 Storytelling

READ— Ijapa ati Erin, JKKY pp. 124-126

HOMEWORK--Exercise 9, p. 126

 

3                 Raising Children—Reviewed

                   READ-- JKKY pp. 119-128

 

5                 QUIZ #1

 

8                 Government Jobs

                             Tone Drills

                             Role Play with describing your favorite profession  or job                              READ: Lesson 8: JKKY pp. 131-133

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

10                Description of EACH or EVERY

                             READ: Lesson 8: JKKY pp. 133-135

                             Exercise 5, p. 134

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

12                Tax Collection—OWO ORI

                             Comprehension—Exercise 10, p. 139

                             READ: Lesson 8:  JKKY pp. 137-139

                             HOMEWORK—Exercise 13, p.139

 

12                 Nigerian Currency—NAIRA

Poem on Money

                             READ: JKKY pp. 140

 

15                Jobs, Taxation, & Money -- reviewed

                             READ: JKKY pp. 137-141

                             DUE: ESSAY #2 (My Favorite Profession)

 

17                Storytelling in Yoruba—ON HYGIENE

                             READ: Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì pp. 31-33

 

19                Traditional Jobs—FARMING

                        Farming in Yorubaland

                        READ: Lesson 9-JKKY pp. 143-145

                        Exercise 1, p. 145

 

22                 Ways to Use `LATI`

READ—JKKY pp. 146-147

                             Exercise 7, p. 147

                             READ—ISE OWO JKKY pp. 148-149

 

24                Traditional Jobs—Reviewed

READ—JKKY pp. 143-151

                   Midterm Review

 

26                MIDTERM

 

MARCH

 

1                 Food Preparation

                   READ—JKKY pp. 153-155

                   Exercise 1, p. 154

 

3                      Differences btw FI and LO

Relative Marker TI

Differences btw TI, PE, KI

                             READ: Lesson 10: JKKY pp. 155-159

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

                             DUE: ESSAY #3: (My Favorite Food)

 

5                 Naming Ceremony in Yoruba

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: JKKY pp. 159-164

                             HOMEWORK—ex. 10, p. 163

 

8                 Lesson 10 Reviewed—pp. 153-165

 

10                QUIZZES #2 & 3                            

 

          12                Traveling & Transportation

                             READ: Lesson 11: JKKY pp. 167-169

                             Compehension Ex.1, p. 169

                             DUE—ESSAY #4 (My Favorite Means of Travel) 

 

15                 Spring Break!!!         

17                Spring Break!!!

19                  Spring Break!!!

 

22                Using verbs—San vs. Sanwo

Ji  vs. Jale

Je vs. Jeun

                             READ: Lesson 11: JKKY pp. 170-173

                             HOMEWORK--EXS. 5 & 6

 

24                QUIZZ #4

Leisure Activities & Hands-On Recreation

 

XEROX: Distribute Short Play (excerpt) to Students

 

 

26                Overview of Play & Preliminary Rehearsal   

 

29                Yoruba Movie: Title TBA

                    Discussion  

 

31                Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

APRIL

 

          2        Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

5        Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

7             Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

9        Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

12      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

14      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

16      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

19      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

21      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

23      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

26      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

28      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

30      Mock Performance (In Class)

 

 

MAY

3        Technology Presentations I

 

4        Technology Presentations II

 

7        Review & Final Exam Prep

 

FINAL EXAM

(TBA)

                             _____________

* * *

APPENDIX

THE STANDARD OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AT UT-Austin

 

A fundamental principle for any educational institution, academic integrity is highly valued and seriously regarded at The University of Texas at Austin, as emphasized in the standards of conduct. More specifically, you and other students are expected to "maintain absolute integrity and a high standard of individual honor in scholastic work" undertaken at the University (19-128, Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities). This is a very basic expectation that is further reinforced by the University's Honor Code.

 

At a minimum, you should complete any assignments, exams, and other scholastic endeavors with the utmost honesty, which requires you to:

• acknowledge the contributions of other sources to your scholastic efforts;

 

• complete your assignments independently unless expressly authorized to seek or obtain assistance in preparing them;

 

• follow instructions for assignments and exams, and observe the standards of your academic discipline;

 

• and avoid engaging in any form of academic dishonesty on behalf of yourself or another student.

 

Useful Websites for Yoruba Language and Yoruba Studies

 

www.omniglot.com/writing/yoruba.htm

www.abeokuta.org/yoruba.htm

yeyeolade.wordpress.com

www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=22 - 46k

www.lonweb.org/link-yoruba.htm

www.motherlandnigeria.com/languages.html

www.yoruba.org/education.htm

www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Yoruba.htm

groups.yahoo.com/community/Yorubalang

www.languageresourceonline.com

yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/ÈdèeYorùbá

www.naijarules.com/vb/yoruba-movies

www.yorubanation.org/YorubaEurope

www.yorubaforkidsabroad.com

www.uga.edu/aflang/YORUBA/links.html

wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha

YOR 312K: SECOND YEAR YORUBA I

#35920 (Fall 2009)

 

PROF. NIYI AFOLABI

afolabi@mail.utexas.edu

PAR 206
MWF: 1: 00 – 2: 00

OFFICE HOURS

MF 2: 00 - 3: 00***BENEDICT 3.110

(and by appointment)***512-232-4510

 

REQUIRED TEXTS

 

1. JE KÁ KA YORUBA by Antonia Y. Folarin Schleicher (Yale University Press, 1993) [JKKY]

2. Ìwé Keji - Alawiye by J.F. Odunjo (1970)

3. JE KÁ KA YORUBA Companion CD-ROM by Antonia Y. Folarin Schleicher (1998) [JKKY CD-ROM]

4. Yoruba Newspaper Reader by Antonia Y. Folarin Schleicher (1998) [YNR]

5. Yoruba Dictionary

 

DESCRIPTION

 

One of the three main languages of Nigeria, Yoruba accounts for about 20 million speakers of the language in Southwestern Nigeria alone as we as another 15 million beyond the immediate Yorubaland, including Nigerian neighbors such as the Republic of Benin and Togo as well as in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, among other diaspora nations where Yoruba is used in ritual and sacred rites.  This course focuses on the spoken standard Yoruba language as used in contemporary Nigeria. Students will acquire all four skills in language instruction: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  In addition, students will be exposed to several cultural issues and values as they are gradually immersed into the Yoruba world and culture through language and other multimedia.

 

OBJECTIVES

1. Develop students’ communicative skills in all four areas: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
2. Develop oral skills through a variety of activities such as dialogues, pronunciation, skits, group activities, role playing, etc.
3. Ensure that by the end of the semester students are able to conduct basic, meaningful, and conversational activities in Yoruba.
4. Encourage the understanding of Yoruba culture on the continent as well as in its diaspora.
5. Seize all opportunities for linguistic and cultural immersion by having students perform a short play as part of their final exam project.

 

 

 

GRADING POLICY

20% Attendance and Class Participation
20% Quizzes & Orals 

10% Homework & Written Assignments

10% Technology Presentations
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam

 

NUMERIC GRADING

A       = 93-100
A-      = 90-92
B+     = 86-89
B       = 80-85
C       = 70-79
D       = 60-69
F       = 00-59

 

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION

Language learning involves practice. Attendance counts for 20% and involves participation.  You cannot participate if you are absent. Three unexcused absences will lower your final grade by a letter grade.

 

QUIZZES

Six (6) quizzes over the course of the semester will account for 20% of the final grade. 

 

HOMEWORK & WRITING

Six (6) essays will also account for 10% of the final grade.  Homework assignments will be graded to improve learning and systematically assist in the writing of the 6 graded essays.  Individual efforts will translate into steady accumulation of competence and performance in the language in the course of the semester.

 

ORAL TEST & PERFORMANCE

Oral tests will be integrated within the 6 quizzes (above), hence it is important to avoid arriving late to class as these oral tests will be administered at the beginning of the class.  The oral performance part will take the form of rehearsals and ultimate performance of a short play at the end of the semester. We will discuss schedules by mid semester in order to decide appropriate time for such rehearsals outside of class time. 

 

MIDTERM EXAM

The midterm exam will include both written and oral proficiency test and account for 20% of the final grade.

 

 

FINAL EXAM

This is a cumulative test of all the four skills: spoken, listening, reading, and writing. It will also involve a short play to be performed by the entire class. The final exam counts for 20% of the final grade.

 

 

TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATIONS

This builds upon the foundational technological skills from YOR 507.  Students are encouraged to choose a project topic that is different from previous class to avoid redundancy.  Possible topics will be provided in consultation with the professor.  This project accounts for 10% of

 the final grade.

IMPORTANT DUE DATES

 

Quiz 1: September 4

Essay 1: September 11

Quiz 2: September 14

Essay 2: September 25

Quiz 3: September 28

 

MIDTERM: September 30

 

Essay 3: October 5

Quiz 4: October 9

Essay4: October 12

Quiz 5: October 23

Essay 5: October 26

Quiz 6: November 9

Essay 6: November 9

 

Technology Presentations: December 2 & 4

Final Performance: TBA

GENERAL INFORMATION:

 

QUIZZES

These will be based on material covered in class through the scheduled date of the quizzes.  Attention should be placed to assigned homework and in-class activities.

 

ESSAYS

These are opportunities to practice the language in a more applied form.  While plagiarism will NOT be tolerated, students should read as much as possible outside of class to familiarize with forms of essay writing beyond the class.

 

MIDTERM

This will be cumulative and is designed to serve as a form of review of the material covered up until that time.

COURSE OUTLINE

AUGUST

26    (wed)          Introduction & Course Overview

Classroom Structure & Expectations

Assign Yoruba Names to Students

Review of Greetings & Social Interaction

 

      28    (fri)                   Review of Culture Among the Yoruba

                             READ: Preliminary Lesson: JKKY pp. 1-8

                             HOME STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

      31   (mon)       Apartments & Housing

                             Tone Drills

                       READ: Lesson 1: JKKY pp. 11-19

 

SEPTEMBER

2   (wed)      Apartments & Housing (contd.)

Tone Drills

READ: Lesson 1: JKKY pp. 20-27

READ: YNR 29 & 30; pp. 54-57

 

4   (fri)         Tone Drills           

                             Numbers & Expressions

                             Descriptive Verbs

                             READ: Lesson 1: JKKY pp. 11-27

                             QUIZ #1

 

7 (mon)       LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

 

 

9 (wed)        Reading Skills: Intro to Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì (#1-3)

                             READ: Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì pp. 1-5

 

11 (fri)         Storytelling in Yoruba

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì pp. 6-9

                             DUE: ESSAY #1: Describe Your School/University

 

14 (mon)      On Friendship

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: YNR pp. 76-77

                             Quiz #2

 

16 (wed)      Characteristics & Personal Traits

                             Tone Drills

                             Role Play with describing someone

                             READ: Lesson 2: JKKY pp. 29-34

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

18  (fri)        Adjectives & Adjectival Verbs

                             Opposite of Adjectives

                             READ: Lesson: JKKY pp. 35-45

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

21 (mon)      Seasons & Weather (cold, hot, warm, etc)

                             Adverbs

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: Lesson 3:  JKKY pp. 47-54

 

23 (wed)      Seasonal Greetings

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: JKKY pp. 54-63 

 

25 (fri)         More on Seasonal Greetings     

                             READ: JKKY pp. 47-63

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

                             DUE: ESSAY #2 (Describe your Favorite Season)

 

28 (mon)      Storytelling in Yoruba

                             READ: Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì pp. 10-14

                             QUIZ # 3

                             Quick Midterm Review

 

          30 (wed)      MIDTERM

 

 

OCTOBER

 

2 (fri)           Reading Skills: Socio-Cultural Issues

                             READ: YNR pp. 58-62

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

5 (mon)       Review of Seasons and Weather

                             Role play to talk about the seasons

                             Expressing Feelings & Opinions

                             Emphatic Possessive Pronouns          

                             READ:  Lesson 3: JKKY

                             DUE: ESSAY #3: (Your favorite Ceremony or Holiday)

 

7 (wed)        Health & Sickness

                             Expressing discomfort and pain

                             READ: Lesson 4: JKKY pp. 65-72

 

9 (fri)           Health & Sickness (contd.)

                             Use of Negative Markers

                             Vowel Elision

                             READ: Lesson 4: JKKY pp. 73-80

                             QUIZ # 4

 

12 (mon)      Review of Health & Sickness

                             READ: Lesson 4: JKKY pp. 65-80

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

                             DUE: ESSAY #4: (Describe Your Health)

 

14 (wed)      Reading Skills: Family Matters

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: YNR pp. 63-67

 

16 (fri)         Reading Skills: Customs & Culture

                             READ: Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì pp. 15-18

 

19 (mon)      Yoruba Market System

                             Buying & Selling in Yoruba land

                             READ: Lesson 5: JKKY pp. 83-90

                             STUDY: JKKY CD-ROM

 

21 (wed)      Yoruba Market System (contd.)

                             Idiomatic Expressions

                             READ: Lesson 5: JKKY pp. 90-99

 

23 (fri)         Review of Yoruba Market Scene

                             READ: Lesson 5: JKKY pp. 83-99

                             QUIZ #5

 

26 (mon)      Reading Skills: Storytelling & Recreation

                             READ: Aláwìíyé Ìwé Kejì pp. 20-22

                             DUE: ESSAY #5 (Describe a Yoruba Market Scene)

 

28 (wed)      Leisure Activities

                             Games & Activities

                             Conditional Marker (ìbá..)

                             Tone Drills

                             READ:  Lesson 6: JKKY pp. 101-106

 

          30 (fri)         Letter Writing

                             READ: Lesson 6: JKKY pp. 106-108   

 

NOVEMBER

 

2 (mon)       Folk Tale & Recreation

                             Tone Drills

                             READ: Lesson 6: JKKY pp. 111-116

 

4 (wed)        Review of Leisure Activities

 

 

6 (fri)           READ: Lesson 6: JKKY pp. 101-116

 

9 (mon)       Hands-On Recreation

                             QUIZ #6

                             ESSAY #6 (My Favorite Game)

 

11 (wed)      Yoruba Movie: Title TBA

                             Discussion

                             XEROX: Distribute Short Play (excerpt) to Students

 

13 (fri)         Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

16 mon)       Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

18 (wed)      Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

20 (fri)         Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

23(mon)       Rehearsals (Short Play)

 

25 (wed)      Mock Performance (In Class)

 

November 26-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!

 

          30 (wed)      Performance Review & Discussion

 

DECEMBER

2        Technology Presentations I

4        Technology Presentations II

 

FINAL EXAM IN FORM OF A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE TO THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN & AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

(TBA: On or before December 4, 2009)

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APPENDIX

THE STANDARD OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AT UT-Austin

A fundamental principle for any educational institution, academic integrity is highly valued and seriously regarded at The University of Texas at Austin, as emphasized in the standards of conduct. More specifically, you and other students are expected to "maintain absolute integrity and a high standard of individual honor in scholastic work" undertaken at the University (Sec. 11-801, Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities). This is a very basic expectation that is further reinforced by the University's Honor Code.

 

At a minimum, you should complete any assignments, exams, and other scholastic endeavors with the utmost honesty, which requires you to:

• acknowledge the contributions of other sources to your scholastic efforts;

 

• complete your assignments independently unless expressly authorized to seek or obtain assistance in preparing them;

 

• follow instructions for assignments and exams, and observe the standards of your academic discipline;

 

• and avoid engaging in any form of academic dishonesty on behalf of yourself or another student.

 

• students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, 471-6259.

 

Useful Websites for Yoruba Language and Yoruba Studies

 

www.omniglot.com/writing/yoruba.htm

www.abeokuta.org/yoruba.htm

yeyeolade.wordpress.com

www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=22 - 46k

www.lonweb.org/link-yoruba.htm

www.motherlandnigeria.com/languages.html

www.yoruba.org/education.htm

www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Yoruba.htm

groups.yahoo.com/community/Yorubalang

www.languageresourceonline.com

yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/ÈdèeYorùbá

www.naijarules.com/vb/yoruba-movies

www.yorubanation.org/YorubaEurope

www.yorubaforkidsabroad.com

www.uga.edu/aflang/YORUBA/links.html

wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha

One of the three main languages of Nigeria, Yoruba accounts for about 20 million speakers of the language in Southwestern Nigeria alone as we as another 15 million beyond the immediate Yorubaland, including Nigerian neighbors such as the Republic of Benin and Togo as well as in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil, among other diaspora nations where Yoruba is used in ritual and sacred rites.  This course focuses on the spoken standard Yoruba language as used in contemporary Nigeria. Students will acquire all four skills in language instruction: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  In addition, students will be exposed to several cultural issues and values as they are gradually immersed into the Yoruba world and culture through language and other multimedia.