Egungun is no mere masquerade #Africa #Culture #Language #MotherTongue #PaulaGomez

Your mother tongue is fundamental to your identity. And some concepts can't be done justice by translation into another language. Interesting point here by cultural anthropologist Paula Gomez about how the English term 'masquerade' simply cannot capture the sacred Yoruba ancestor reverence ritual of Egungun. She says second languages are fine, but our mother tongues should come first in our school and societies.