Communicating in one’s mother tongue does not indicate that one cannot speak or understand other languages, including the English language. But the interest shown in the deployment of the English ...

They wore native Nigerian attire, the men in senator shirts and the women in boubous and headgear fanning out like giant halos. The choir broke into an Igbo hymn, helmed by a sonorous voice belonging ...

Culture is the customs, ideas, values, character, practices, traditions and norms of a people, society or social group. It encompasses the visual art, music, dance forms, attire, cuisine, language, ...

Nwifuru, Egwu, others seek revival of Igbo culture, language By Jeff Agbodo Governor Francis Nwifuru, former governor of Ebonyi State, Sam Egwu, and the Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, ...

Nigeria is arguably one of the many countries in the world with more than a hundred different languages and ethnicities. Nigeria is home to many cultures, with diversity in food, language, customs, ...

One of the biggest ethnic groupings in Africa is the Igbo, often known as the Ibo. The majority of Igbo speakers reside in southeast Nigeria, where they account for over 17% of the population. They ...

A Non-Governmental Organisation committed to promoting Igbo language, Igbo Efula, has decried the “ugly trend” where private schools in the South-East, particularly Enugu State, use English language ...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, appointed four professors under its Professorial Endowment Chair initiative to prevent the extinction of the Igbo language. The professors are Mercy ...

A group of people in traditional Igbo attire during the 2024 Igbo Day festival. This year's festival is happening on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Belcher Park in Randolph. Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze ...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has taken a major step towards preserving Igbo heritage, especially the language. This comes amid the prediction by UNESCO that the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Indigenous Hands and Voices is an organization committed to the documentation and preservation of indigenous and minority signed and spoken language and cultural heritage.

Computer village, Lagos, is one of those places where Igbo entrepreneurship is practiced and passed on to the next generation. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images The Igbos are one of ...