Ire Aderinokun on Yoruba identity, spirituality and why Nigeria will always be home
Ire Aderinokun is Nigeria’s first female Google Developer Expert and has been ranked as one of the country’s top programmers, according to GitHub, the world’s largest developers platform.
She was one of 50 women recognized by TechCabal in its representation of Lagos’ tech women. The Guardian has described her as an “inspiring tech queen”. Nairametrics praised Ire for giving back to the local tech community by sponsoring women on Udacity nanodegree programs.
Ire is also a founding member of the Feminist Coalition, one of the key progressive actors during Nigeria’s landmark #EndSARS protest.
In January, Ire announced on her X page that she was creating a personal curriculum to study three subjects: Nigerian political history, non-Abrahamic religions and the Yoruba language.
I reached out via email to learn more about her interest in the topics and she agreed to an interview.
Our conversation took place on Google Meet. The transcript below has bee…
