Tributes as Ayo Bamgbose, linguist who gave African languages a global voice dies at 94

Nigeria has lost one of its greatest intellectuals with the passing of Emeritus Professor Ayo Bamgbose, the country’s first Professor of Linguistics, a pioneering scholar whose lifelong devotion to the study, preservation and promotion of African languages transformed linguistics on the continent and earned him international acclaim. Prof. Bamgbose died on Saturday, July 25, 2026, […]