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Learning Yoruba Through Sunny Adé’s Music | Japa Diaries Podcast

What happens when Sunny Adé becomes your Yoruba teacher… from California? 😂 Jalil shares how his dad’s records turned jam sessions into language lessons and helped him reconnect with his roots... one song at a time.

If you’ve ever vibed to Afrobeats and felt something deeper, this one’s for you 🇳🇬

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Japa Diaries is a podcast documenting the experiences of African immigrants in the diaspora.

/jah-pah/ - to run away; Nigerian slang meaning to emigrate.

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