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Meeting the young Nigerian polyglot who speaks 7 languages

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June 15, 2023

Ibrahim Ajayi Bayom speaks seven languages and aims to learn even more. He practices speaking French, German, Arabic and others in the cosmopolitan city of Lagos, Nigeria.

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