By Ola Kay
Nollywood actress, Adunni Ade has said that speaking the Yoruba Language drains and hurts her nerves.
The Nollywood actress made the disclosure when she appeared featured as a guest on the Channels Television programme, Morning Brief, recently.
The Nigerian movie star, born to a German-American mother and a Nigerian father of Yoruba stock, stated that she prefers the English Language, being Nigeria’s lingua franca to other kinds of language.
Adunni Ade was quoted as saying that, “Speaking Yoruba is draining, sometimes it hurts my nerves. The first language that we know in Nigeria is English.
“Let’s put all the other languages aside.”
But she expressed gratitude to her father for bringing her home to learn the Nigerian culture.
II was Misinterpreted
Following reactions generated by her recent interview on Channels TV programne, ‘Morning Brief”, Adunni Ade, the mother of two has said that she was misinterpreted.
According to her, many expressed rudeness anytime they asked her to speak in Yoruba and other comments along the line.
She explained that the reason she often refrains from granting interviews is due to the frequent misinterpretation of her words by the public.
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