The Organizing Committee of Edo Language Day Worldwide is ecstatic to announce the schedule of the 2024 Edo Language Day (second edition) Celebration with the theme “The Renaissance of Ẹdo Indigenous Languages.” The program aims to revive Edo Indigenous language and dialects worldwide, and the three senatorial districts of Edo State, including Esan, Afemai, Ora, Etsako, and other Indigenous dialects.
This year’s program in Toronto would be hosted by the Nigerian Canadian Multicultural Centre, in partnership with OISE/University of Toronto. The main event will take place on August 10th, 2024 at 252 Bloor Street West, ON, M5S 1V6, OISE Auditorium, OISE/University of Toronto. 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
To be held in-person on August 10th in Toronto and Edo State and virtually (online) on August 13th worldwide. It will be hosted in six locations: Toronto (Canada) Benin City, Auchi, Okpella, Ekpoma, and Ososo (Edo State, Nigeria).
The Edo Language Day initiative is our response to the warning by the United Nations over the extinction of Indigenous languages around the world. It has been estimated that, at least, 50 percent of today’s spoken languages will be extinct or seriously endangered by 2100. Edo language is not exempted from the list of Indigenous languages that are gradually becoming extinct. The declaration of Edo Language Day Worldwide was made at the first worldwide Edo Language Seminar organized by NEBO TV on August 13th, 2022.
