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 ...

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 ...

A UK-based creative technologist has developed an AI-powered speech learning platform designed specifically for African languages, aiming to help second-generation Africans in the diaspora reconnect ...

AWKA — Igbo women, traditional rulers, and community leaders have called for urgent legislation to protect and promote the Igbo language, warning that decades of neglect could push it toward ...

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, ...

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 video of some Chinese children learning Igbo language in a school in China has emerged on social media. This video may well depict a strong relationship between the Chinese and South-Eastern Nigeria ...

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 ...

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 recent statement by Nigeria’s Imo State government making it compulsory to study the Igbo language at all levels of education in the state is one in a string of similar pronouncements since ...