Joseff Gnagbo

Joseff Gnagbo
Josef Gnagbo speaking at one of Melin Drafod's events in 2023
Born1974 (age 51–52)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Other namesJoseph Gnagbo
Political partyPlaid Cymru

Joseff Oscar Gnagbo (born c. 1974) is an Ivorian–born Welsh activist, teacher, linguist and musician from Cardiff. He was chairman of the Welsh Language Society between 2023 and 2025. Gnagbo came to Wales from the Ivory Coast in 2017 as an asylum seeker, in the midst of the military revolution. He quickly learned the Welsh language and became a Welsh tutor. He became chairman of Cymdeithas yr Iaith in October 2023. He is the first person who was born outside Wales to chair the Association. He was re-elected Chairman of the Association in 2024.

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