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Teaching the Tongue: How One Medical Student Is Bridging the Language Gap in Healthcare

In this week editon of spotlight, meet Akintola Ayodeji, a student who grew up speaking Yoruba on a farm before he ever sat in a classroom. Now a medical student at the University of Ibadan, he is using that foundation to solve a problem he watches play out in hospital wards every day. He speaks with the IndyPress about the Learn Yoruba Initiative, why language is a medical issue, and what it takes to build something from scratch.