African Language Classes for Kids and Adults. Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, French, Arabic

Why this matters

By the third generation, it is often gone.

Heritage languages do not disappear overnight. They fade. One generation speaks it fluently, the next understands but does not speak, and the third barely recognises a word. It is not anyone's fault. It is what happens when a language has nowhere to live.

A child who cannot speak to their grandmother in her own language is not missing a skill. They are missing a piece of who they are.

64%

of Black families in the UK already invest in private tutoring, more than 3 times the national average. The demand is there. A culturally rooted option that treats language as seriously as maths has been missing. Until now.

Five languages, one mission

Keep your child connected to home.

Click a language to see what we teach and who it is for.

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Yoruba

From age 4 · All levels

Spoken by over 40 million people. We teach conversational Yoruba first, greetings, family terms, everyday expressions, before moving into reading, writing, and proverbs. Every tutor is a native speaker.

Who it is forChildren whose parents or grandparents speak Yoruba at home. Adults who grew up hearing it but never learned to speak it confidently.

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Igbo

From age 4 · All levels

Spoken by over 30 million people. Igbo carries deep oral tradition, proverbs, storytelling, naming ceremonies, and we weave that culture into every lesson, not just vocabulary and grammar.

Who it is forFamilies connected to South-Eastern Nigeria who want their children to carry the language forward.

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Hausa

From age 4 · All levels

Spoken by over 70 million people as a first or second language across West Africa. One of the most widely spoken languages on the continent and one of the most underserved in diaspora education.

Who it is forNorthern Nigerian families and anyone wanting to connect with one of Africa's most widely spoken languages.

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French

All ages · All levels

French opens doors across West and Central Africa, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, the DRC, and beyond, as well as academically for exams and university applications. Taught with real conversational confidence.

Who it is forFamilies with ties to Francophone Africa, and students who need strong French for school or university.

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Arabic

All ages · All levels

Arabic is both a heritage language for many Muslim families and an academically valuable language globally. We teach reading, writing, and conversation with tutors who understand both the linguistic and cultural context.

Who it is forFamilies wanting religious and cultural literacy alongside conversational fluency.

Why it works

Every tutor is a native speaker.
Not an app. Not a translation tool.

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Real fluency, real culture

Our tutors grew up speaking these languages. They bring the proverbs, the humour, the way grandparents actually talk, not a textbook version of the language.

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Built for connection

Apps teach words. We teach a child how to hold a real conversation with their grandmother, understand a joke at a family gathering, and feel like they belong in the room.

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One-on-one, always

No group classes diluting attention. Every lesson is built around your child specifically, their pace, their interests, their family's specific dialect where it matters.

Three generations of a Nigerian family together, child, parent, and grandmother

It is never too late

Adults are learning too, and that is exactly as it should be.

Many of our language students are parents who grew up hearing Yoruba or Igbo at home but never learned to speak it confidently. Learning alongside your child, or starting on your own, is not just welcome here. It is common.

"I started learning Yoruba so I could finally understand what my own mother was saying to her sisters on the phone. Now my daughter and I are learning together." Masy Academy parent

Getting started

How language lessons work.

Tell us the language and the why

Which language, what age, and what is driving it. Heritage connection, religious literacy, an upcoming trip, or simply wanting your child to have what you did not.

We assign a native speaker

One of our own tutors, matched by language, age group, and where possible by specific regional dialect.

Real conversation from lesson one

Not months of grammar drills before a single real sentence. Conversation starts immediately, structure builds around it.

Common questions

Everything you need to know.

We start formal language lessons from age 4. Younger children learn through songs, games, and repetition. Older children and teens move faster into reading, writing, and conversation.

Where possible, yes. Tell us your family's specific region or dialect when you book and we will assign one of our tutors who shares it.

Yes. Many of our language students are adults. Lessons are simply tailored to the individual, whatever age they are.

No. While Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa serve Nigerian heritage specifically, our French and Arabic programmes serve a much wider range of African and diaspora backgrounds.

Apps teach vocabulary in isolation. We teach real conversation with a real person who understands the culture behind the words, proverbs, humour, family dynamics, not just the words themselves.

Raise a child who speaks their language.

By the third generation, it is often gone.

Keep your child connected to home.

Every tutor is a native speaker.
Not an app. Not a translation tool.

Real fluency, real culture

Built for connection

One-on-one, always

Adults are learning too, and that is exactly as it should be.

How language lessons work.

Tell us the language and the why

We assign a native speaker

Real conversation from lesson one

Everything you need to know.

Give your child the gift of speaking their language with confidence.

Raise a child who speaks their language.

By the third generation, it is often gone.

Keep your child connected to home.

Every tutor is a native speaker.Not an app. Not a translation tool.

Real fluency, real culture

Built for connection

One-on-one, always

Adults are learning too, and that is exactly as it should be.

How language lessons work.

Tell us the language and the why

We assign a native speaker

Real conversation from lesson one

Everything you need to know.

Give your child the gift of speaking their language with confidence.

Every tutor is a native speaker.
Not an app. Not a translation tool.