This work is an attempt to show the linkage between linguistic discrimination (particularly for indigenous languages) and built spaces. Focusing on educational spaces such as classrooms and staff rooms in Nigerian primary and secondary schools, where the speaking of indigenous languages is prohibited. Students typically pay fines or are punished in a bid to improve their ability at speaking fluent English. Produced during 2021 Relé Arts Foundation Young Contemporaries Bootcamp in Ekiti State -- the project also looks at the role of societal and peer pressure plays when –- children turned –- young adults attempt to learn the same language they were discouraged from speaking as children. Sound is used to expand this body of work by sharing relatable experiences Nigerians face due to their ability or lack to speak a certain language, and tries to address some of the challenges of Nigeria’s enormous linguistic diversity.

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