I must commend our author, Loolo Florence Chinyere Duru, for her deep interest in the Igbo language and its proverbs. Proverbs are the wisdom of a people in a nutshell. Complex stories and situations ...

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Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike, a Nigerian indigenous rapper better known as Phyno, has explained why he raps in his native Igbo dialect. He stated that he began his career rapping in English but ...

The president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, has announced the support of the socio-cultural group for the Ahiajoku Festival, saying that it would elevate Igbo ...

Deputy Governor Ikechukwu Emetu disclosed this while attending the final day of the Igbo-themed competition, Ekere Mgba Akpauche, organised by the Catholic Diocese of Aba. The Abia State government ...

Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti has said that his administration is ready to partner Igbo Women Assembly in promoting the Igbo language and rich cultural heritage of the Ndigbo. This was against ...

Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, is to introduce the Igbo language as a compulsory course in the second year. The news was announced at the 6th edition of the Igbo (Uturu) Cultural ...

Abia State government has said that it will make Igbo language a compulsory subject in its curriculum, to promote the language and save it from extinction. This was made known by the Deputy Governor, ...

Vincent Nwosu is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His research interests include prosody, phonetics, verbal arts, and documentation of endangered African ...

In the years past, and for quite sometime now, the debate and maybe candid talks on whether the people of a particular geo­graphical area in Rivers state occupied by the Ikwerre are Igbos or should be ...