| 单词 | Igbo |
| 例句 | “You tell them. They listen to you because you their Igbo sister. Any one is okay. I want marry.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He always responded in English to her Igbo, as if he saw her speaking Igbo to him as an insult that he had to defend himself against by insistently speaking English. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wished she would stumble in her Igbo; he had not expected English that perfect to sit beside equally perfect Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now that he was finally in Igbo land, he wanted to see the home of the roped pot before anything else. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “He agreed to confederation at Aburi, and now he wants one Nigeria with a unitary government, but a unitary government was the very reason that he and his people killed Igbo officers.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her Igbo had slipped into the dialect that Ugwu heard in Master’s speech when his cousins visited. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He spoke English with an Igbo accent so strong it decorated even the shortest words with extra vowels. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She spoke softly in English when we had lessons and in Igbo, although not often, when we didn’t. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “My sister say it is true. Igbo marry Igbo always,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The Yoruba man is there helping his brother, but you Igbo people? I ga-asikwa. Look at you now quoting me this price.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Amaka broke into song at the end of each decade, uplifting Igbo songs that made Aunty Ifeoma sing in echoes, like an opera singer drawing the words from the pit of her stomach. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They would be pleased to be rid of the Igbo anyway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her Igbo words were softer than her English, and he was disappointed at how easily they came out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Later, she read his online posts on Nigerian Village, all of them sour-toned and strident, under the moniker “Igbo Massachusetts Accountant,” and it surprised her how profusely he wrote, how actively he pursued airless arguments. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was not an Igbo woman; Ugwu could tell from her name, even if he had not once run into her and her housegirl at the market and heard them both speaking rapid incomprehensible Yoruba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Edusco liked him, he could tell; he imagined Edusco talking about him in a gathering of other self-made Igbo men, men who were brash and striving, who juggled huge businesses and supported vast extended families. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The Igbo must go. The infidels must go. The Igbo must go.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Nobody has to use the name. Look at me. I’ve always used my Igbo name, but I was baptized Michael and confirmed Victor.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “That’s all the information there was on the Ibo religion,” I insist. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Did Sam know that the Igbo tribe of the African continent is predisposed to nervous disorders? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to be researching the religious beliefs of the Ibo people. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He hardly spoke Igbo, and although Jaja and I spoke it with Mama at home, he did not like us to speak it in public. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He talked nonstop, out of control, in a mix of Igbo and English, like soft meat and thorny bones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Jaja, have you not shared a drink with us, gbo? Have you no words in your mouth?” he asked, entirely in Igbo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “They want marry me. But I am not Igbo!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He felt comfortable practicing his Igbo with Kainene’s stewards, because they were always so expressionless that it did not matter whether or not he got the tones right. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a choir singing Igbo worship songs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I want marry one. But this thing is true? Igbo marry Igbo always?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At least the Observer was a little more adroit, in writing that if Nigeria survived the massacres of the Igbo it would survive anything. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She could be a Fulani woman on a plane deriding Igbo people with a good-looking stranger. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But I bet I speak Igbo better than you.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Igbo were, after all, a people who deposed gods that had outlived their usefulness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Igbo words burst out of Papa s mouth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He finally started to speak Igbo to her on the day she rearranged the photos on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Whenever Ugwu brought out the kola nut, Master would say, “Doc, you know the kola nut does not understand English,” before going on to bless the kola nut in Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit down at my desk and search through the piles of Ibo books for a good picture of the ship. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “You knew your grandfather was coming to Nsukka, did you not?” he asked in Igbo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Father Amadi led the first decade, and at the end, he started an Igbo praise song. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He waved with his old arms and spake in the language of the Ibo. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu asked, in his sudden way that made me realize he had been following every word spoken in Igbo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She always waited by the front door on the last day of school, to sing praise songs in Igbo and hug Jaja and me and caress our report cards in her hands. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “He said Igbo bodies are lying on Airport Road.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Igbo people marry all kinds of people. My cousin’s husband is Yoruba. My uncle’s wife is from Scotland.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Yet, now, only a few years later, her taxi was on Airport Road, driving past the Igbo Union Grammar School. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I am no longer the Igbo woman you wanted to marry who would taint the lineage with infidel blood,” Olanna said, as they climbed into Mohammed’s red Porsche. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What mattered was that the massacres frightened and united the Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Morning and night prayers were always peppered with songs, Igbo praise songs that usually called for hand clapping. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Her Igbo words had a teasing lilt, but the steeliness in her tone created a knot in my throat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Sister Veronica called it the yearly migration of the Igbo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I was grateful that he did not say anything about Amaka’s statement, that he talked about the sweet-smelling rains instead and sang along with the robust Igbo choruses coming from his cassette player. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He thought about how easily those Igbo words had slipped out of him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We sang Igbo chorus songs from his cassette player. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “When the missionaries first came, they didn’t think Igbo names were good enough. They insisted that people take English names to be baptized. Shouldn’t we be moving ahead?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Many guys won’t even speak Igbo, not to mention knowing proverbs.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I saw the slave-weavers of the Sudan; the child-warriors of the Moroccan sultan; Efik musketeers scampering at dawn into Ibo villages while women screamed alarm; forest wars declared simply to render up captives for sale. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She was speaking Igbo for the first time, and in her Asaba dialect, the F’s sounded like W’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I realized then that Jaja had been tapping his feet to the beat of an Igbo song that Aunty Ifeoma and my cousins sang at evening rosary. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He found pleasure in how quickly the civil defenders’ suspicious glances at his special duties pass changed to wide grins when he greeted them in Igbo, in how willing people were to answer his questions. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We had not gone in Abba because Papa did not like to make his confession in Igbo, and besides, Papa said that the parish priest in Abba was not spiritual enough. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I work on my Ibo report and peek out the window at all the little witches and firemen and brides and monsters. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I did not fully comprehend his English-laced Igbo sentences at dinner because my ears followed the sound and not the sense of his speech. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The sisters, members of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal prayer group, soon arrived, and their Igbo songs, accompanied by robust hand clapping, echoed upstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He wanted Master to keep talking, so he could listen to the sonorous voice, the musical blend of English words in his Igbo sentences. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He poured some whisky into a glass, drank it in one gulp, and said something in Igbo to which Kainene replied, in cold clear English, “My choice of lovers is none of your business, Udodi.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “She know many Igbo people in Africa. She sell cloth.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ever since the second coup some weeks ago, when the Igbo soldiers were killed, he had struggled to understand what was happening, read the newspapers more carefully, listened more closely to Master and his guests. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He prided himself on his ability to recognize an Igbo person. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Igbo Massachusetts Accountant’s rejoinder: “You have been brainwashed by the West. You should be ashamed to call yourself a Nigerian.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Somebody from the crowd called out, “We are counting the Igbo people. Oya, come and identify yourself. You are Igbo?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I think you Yoruba because you dark and Igbo fair. I have two Igbo men. Very good. Igbo men take care of women real good.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I do not rent to Igbo people,” he said softly, startling her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You are Igbo man! Don’t deny it! Simply identify yourself!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was true that idioms and nuances and dialects often eluded him in Igbo, but the directorate was always too prompt in sending interpreters. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Igbo soldiers and Northern soldiers can never live in the same barracks after this. It is impossible, impossible,” Colonel Madu said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was not only because secession was just, considering all that the Igbo had endured, but because of the possibility Biafra held for him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, mah,” he said, and then began to tell her, in Igbo, how his sister Anulika had suffered a terrible stomachache after killing a gecko. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “No. I call them. You tell them Igbo can marry not Igbo. They listen to you.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He spoke to them only in English, careful English, as though he thought that the Igbo he shared with their mother would infect them, perhaps make them lose their precious British accents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It is imperative to remember that the first time the Igbo people were massacred, albeit on a much smaller scale than what has recently occurred, was in 1945. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had never heard a white person speak Igbo, and so well. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I want marry. They love me but they say the family want Igbo woman. Because Igbo marry Igbo always.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She told him the Hausa in the North were a dignified lot, the Igbo were surly and money-loving, and the Yoruba were rather jolly even if they were first-rate lickspittles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps that was why his Igbo words flowed into each other, as if writing his speech would result in a single long word. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was Igbo colored by the sliding sounds of English, the Igbo of one who spoke English often. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You must be waiting for somebody,” Olanna said to him in Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Father Benedict had changed things in the parish, such as insisting that the Credo and kyrie be recited only in Latin; Igbo was not acceptable. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I settle into Mom’s office and look up the Ibo references on the Internet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Over the weekend I work on the Ibo slave-ship painting and try to catch up on some homework. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He pulled Major Udodi up and said something in swift Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, you are the onye ocha who speaks Igbo. You are the one who is writing wonderful things about our cause. Well done.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her Igbo dialect came out sounding strange, with words dropped; it was difficult to understand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m told your wife is a wealthy Igbo, one of those who stayed back to fight for the cause.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “And, uh, I used watercolor paint because it can wash away easily, just like the memory of the Ibo revolt unless we keep studying it.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Somebody was shouting in Igbo, “My mother, oh! My mother, oh! God has said no!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He determinedly spoke English, always, in a heavy Igbo accent. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I had been teetering on that boundary that divides sleep and wakefulness, imagining Papa coming to get us himself, imagining the rage in his red-tinged eyes, the burst of Igbo from his mouth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was even harder to keep my mind on Mass because the priest, who spoke Igbo throughout, did not talk about the gospel during the sermon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Papa asked, speaking Igbo for the first time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She could not believe how easy it had been to deny who they were, to shrug off being Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The man in charge was Igbo, and Madu said he was keen to give the contract to a fellow Igbo. So I was lucky. And he’s asking only for a five percent cut.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Urn, well, I painted the slave ship lost at sea to show that the souls of some of the Ibo are still not at rest.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I went to Zaria last week, and it seemed that all everybody was saying was second coup, second coup. Even Radio Kaduna and the New Nigerian,” he said in Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the Southeast, the Igbo lived in small republican communities. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A whole list of references pops up for Ibo, and I print them out to look at later. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Mama did not sing her Igbo praise songs; she only said, “Thanks be to God.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was more practical to try and persuade the Northerners to admit Igbo children. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “That is my policy since one Igbo man destroyed my house at Yaba. But you look like a responsible somebody.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She preferred it when he spoke Igbo; it was the only time he seemed unconscious of his own anxieties. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Or he would tell her about politics: what the Igbo Union was organizing, protesting, discussing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead she said in Igbo, “I did not know it would be so hot here.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nigerian women came to America and became wild, Igbo Massachusetts Accountant wrote in one post; it was an unpleasant truth but one that had to be said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “They have finally removed that Igbo vice chancellor from the University of Lagos,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had sat in a few times, and she still remembered the meeting where irritated men and women talked about the northern schools not admitting Igbo children. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He spoke Igbo for the first time, his brows almost meeting in a quick frown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A lot of the Igbo proverbs I learned first, I learned from his magnum opus, Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe peered deep into the Nigerian psyche 2013-03-22T16:43:31Z Nicknamed "Dictionary", Achebe was a gifted Igbo student and enthusiastic reader, a member of the "Lucky Generation" of young students who rubbed shoulders at top institutions under the tutelage of Oxbridge colonials. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z Moreover, my father told stories in English; my mother in Igbo. ‘I Read Morning, Night and in Between’: How One Novelist Came to Love Books 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z His third novel, “Arrow of God,” about an Igbo priest and a British district officer in 1920s Igboland, can be read as representative of the times of Okonkwo’s son. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z It recounts the story of an Igbo family of four brothers who grow up in a small town in the south-west of the country. 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It all flows through Ben LaMar Gay. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Adaku, whose name means “one who brings wealth to the family” in the Igbo language, views her unstraightened hair as a form of cultural richness. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z His story is told not by him, but in the voice of his chi: the Igbo guardian spirit who inhabits him. A Lovestruck Poultry Farmer on a Journey Far From Home 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z “Before colonialism, Igbo ontology was real for centuries,” they said. The Coming of Age of Transgender Literature 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Much else about Igbo Landing is mythologized — the men walk into the ocean with dignity; they magically take flight. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Buchanan too knew the story, said Jane Bridges, her partner later in life; it bothered her that Igbo Landing had never received official recognition. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z This leaves her assisting with the funeral planning and navigation of Igbo burial requirements via Zoom, which becomes a surprise lead character in “Notes on Grief.” Review | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes her way through grief 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z “I always wanted to share the tastes of my childhood,” said Ms. Ajaero, 29, whose family is Nigerian and who studied the Nigerian language Igbo, African history and political science. New Queens Shop Serves Nigerian Food 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z It was a cherished dream, born when she visited the family’s ancestral village, Ibuza, and listened to a blind aunt telling stories about their people, the Ibo. 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Keeper of Africa's lost arts 2012-01-11T21:13:12Z Ms. Okpokwasili cites as other influences “dystopian folklore, speculative fiction, Igbo cosmology and the futures and commodities markets.” Dance This Season: Tap, Ballet and the Inexplicable 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z This sense of persecution still persists today: Achebe believes that Igbo people are the engine of Nigeria's advancement, stifled by a corrupt elite that prefers power and mediocrity to meritocracy. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z It is presented using colourful graphics and features Igbo phrases and proverbs from Eggerue’s Nigerian mother. Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z But with the end of colonialism in 1975, Ibo was forgotten. 2010-01-20T06:35:00Z “Onye is half Igbo and didn’t even speak her father’s language.” Blues, jazz, electronica. It all flows through Ben LaMar Gay. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Igbo traders began kidnapping people from distant villages. My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Nigeria is in the grips of civil war, one very similar to the real Biafran War that ravaged the Igbo tribe in 1967-70 as they attempted to secede from Nigeria. It’s the Year 2172: Time to Fight the Bloody Biafran War Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z I am also, deep down, a superstitious Igbo woman, and so don’t like to talk about future work lest the spirits desert me. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on 'Americanah' 2013-06-06T14:50:36Z Achebe attributes Igbo domination to their self-confidence, inherent democratic values and adaptability, which were suited to Nigeria's modernising economy. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z Keeping Kosher in Nigeria, a Tiny but Fervent Minority Are the Ibo people of Nigeria a lost tribe of Israel? Movie Review: ‘Re-emerging: The Jews of Nigeria,’ a Documentary 2013-05-17T00:16:07Z The woman here wears her hair in elaborate braids, a traditional Ibo hairstyle. A Museum’s Fresh Take on the Whole Megillah 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z After all, she writes, “land is the jewel of Igbo cosmology.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘My Madness Will Now Bare Itself’ 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z And the tantalizingly murky past of Father Kiobel, Ekong’s parish priest in Nigeria’s Annangland, who is rumored to have served as a child soldier on the Igbo side, is repeatedly hinted at and then dropped. Review | In ‘New York, My Village,’ the long shadow of Nigeria’s civil war is impossible to escape 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z That brought her to an earlier instance of Nigerian women’s resistance, the Women’s War of 1929, in which thousands of Ibo women from southeastern Nigeria opposed the threat of taxes from British colonizers. An Artist Who Blurs Bodies and Genres in Protest 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z While working on “An Orchestra of Minorities,” I read a few books on Igbo cosmology simply to augment my knowledge of the cosmology and better recreate it in my fiction. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Three months after the attack, the good news for fans is that Ibo, as they affectionately call him, may well sing again. Turkish Singer Resurfaces After Violent Brush With Death 2011-06-22T19:01:17Z As he wrote: “Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.” Remembering Chinua Achebe 2013-03-22T17:48:00Z Set in the eastern Nigeria village of Umuofia in the late 1880s, it looks back the fierce collision of Nigeria’s Ibo culture – into which Achebe was born – with encroaching European power. Remembering Chinua Achebe 2013-03-22T17:48:00Z But segments about African-Americans of Ibo descent belong in a different film, one about the Ibo diaspora. Movie Review: ‘Re-emerging: The Jews of Nigeria,’ a Documentary 2013-05-17T00:16:07Z He composed the gentle composition from traditional percussion and flute melodies used by Nigeria's Igbo people during masked performances. Identity transformed in the Fowler's 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Conversations between Onuzo’s characters move fluidly between Igbo, Yoruba, pidgin and English, demonstrating her skilled ear. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z They are Okeke’s version of Igbo Uli designs, linear configurations typically reserved for body decorations and wall murals and executed by women. Beyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z In the meantime, local suppression of political questions of Igbo self-determination and justice in the war’s aftermath remain unaddressed. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z The novel insists there is no one story of the nation, but a multiplicity of narratives, weaving continuities between past and present, Igbo and English cultural forms and traditions. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z In her traditional Nigerian Igbo culture, it is the wife's duty to produce children, most importantly a son. Night Dancer by Chika Unigwe - review 2012-08-03T21:55:05Z In a first novel full of deceptive simplicity, lyrical language and playful Igbo mythology and humour, he uses the madman’s apocalyptic vision for the family as a way of conjuring up Nigeria’s senseless body politic. Fathers and sons 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z I believe these literary analogies between Jewish and Igbo experiences have helped to make the atrocities public and known. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z That groove went on to inspire much of subsequent reggae, distinctly heard in works by Sugar Minott, Ibo Cooper, Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown. Sleng Teng: How a Japanese woman influenced Jamaica’s reggae 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Emezi’s memoir, structured as a series of letters to friends, family and lovers, invokes Igbo cosmology as the author reflects on Western constructions of gender, Indigenous Black realities and more. New in Paperback: ‘Gay Bar’ and ‘Afterparties’ 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z A common feature in the writings is the comparison of Igbo experiences of atrocities to Jewish ones during the Holocaust. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z They were local; I could tell from their clothes, their rural Igbo dialect, their gait. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z It tells the story of his Igbo tribe's disastrous first experience of European colonialism. Chinua Achebe funeral celebrates revered Nigerian author 2013-05-23T17:37:10Z Kelechi is so thoroughly Americanized that when she arrives at her family’s compound she barely recognizes the folkways or even the Igbo words of her youth. Review: A Bumpy Return to Nigeria for ‘The Homecoming Queen’ 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z One of the Igbo consultants, Chioma Thompson, talked about the Igbo mythology, which has the square as the original shape, and not the circle. Netflix's existential "Shine Your Eyes" searches for a man who "inhabits the world of fiction" 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z It is a position that he has, broadly, stuck to, although he also points out that some of his best poetry has been first written in Igbo. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z There’s also “unFRAMED,” by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, who will paint his self-portrait as part of the performance on Saturday at 9 p.m. Spare Times for June 15-21 2012-06-14T22:42:15Z That content, for Mr. Okeke, included a distinctive type of drawing associated with the Igbo people of southern Nigeria. Uche Okeke: ‘Works on Paper, 1958-1993’ 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z He championed the cause of Biafra's independence and was determined that the Igbo presence and perspectives should continue within the Nigerian nation. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z Traditionally, the Igbo people bury their dead among the living, and the ideal resting place for a man and his wives is on the premises of their home. My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The book is a metaphysical journey told through Igbo cosmology. Akwaeke Emezi: ‘Imagine Being Ogbanje, Like Me’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Its splicing of English with Igbo rhythms, stories and proverbs was revelatory. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z Then again, Ibo Island in the Indian Ocean off northern Mozambique is a very rare place. 2010-01-20T06:35:00Z He describes being part of an intellectual elite that came together to recreate a Biafran microcosm of Nigeria's early spirit, their ideals drawn from a mix of traditional Igbo philosophy, US-style liberalism and socialism. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z At Heathrow, the action involved officials who spoke such languages as Swahili, Arabic, Yoruba, Urdu and Igbo. Racism label should not deter British police from FGM fight, says officer 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z I suddenly remember the man on the flight from Manchester to Abuja, who told me that when I met my father he would give me an Igbo name. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z “It will probably be a long time before all traces of slavery disappear from the minds of the people,” G. T. Basden, a British missionary, wrote of the Igbo in 1921. My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The tribal war between the Biafran and the Igbo and the Hausa. What does being fly mean to Dapper Dan? Liberation 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z While preparing a feature on the response of Nigerians to early colonial rule, Achebe investigated the story of an Igbo priest imprisoned for refusing to collaborate with the British. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z The circumstances of Christie’s Igbo figures’ removal from Nigeria, however, are more obscure. Disputed African Artifacts Sell at Auction 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z After his first words to Ms. Egwuatu, which were, “Are you Nigerian?” they established that both had ties to the country’s Igbo people. Bible Study Brought Them to the Altar, Where They Shared Their First Kiss 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Dissatisfied with cobbling, Fosso apprenticed with an Igbo photographer down the street. Within Himself, an African Photographer Finds Multitudes 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Emezi is from the Igbo tribe and understands the spiritual power of masks. Review | Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir is a healing ritual for the displaced 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z And every so often, a spectral figure in ceremonial garb — a sort of spirit of place incarnate — shows up to roam Katrina Lindsay’s expansive indoor-outdoor set and chant forebodingly in the Nigerian language of Ibo. Reimagining Old Friends at the National Theater in London 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Achebe writes spare, elegant sentences in English but it is a Nigerian English and often, more specifically, an Igbo English. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z I expected "Ewo!" or "Jesus!" or, more fancifully, something else in Igbo, exotic and delicious to my city ears. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z He spoke of the "two types of music" running through his mind- Ibo legends and the prose of Dickens. Agent: Author Chinua Achebe dies at 82 2013-03-22T12:37:10Z The Ibo in the film are shown living Jewish lives, learning Hebrew, praying and reading Torah, and they are obviously sincere and committed. Movie Review: ‘Re-emerging: The Jews of Nigeria,’ a Documentary 2013-05-17T00:16:07Z I have three names - two Igbo and one Christian. Why Nigeria’s lax attitude to names is causing a fuss 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Her most recent book, A Dance for the Dead, draws heavily from Igbo culture and traditions. Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The congregation had long had a strong presence in Nigeria, especially in the southeast, where the Igbo population is mostly Christian. Dermot Doran, Priest Who Rallied Aid for Biafran Airlift, Dies at 88 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Ego — which means “money” in Igbo and is pronounced like the frozen waffle — practiced violin and ballet as a kid. Ego Nwodim takes us inside that uncontrolled 'SNL' giggle fit with Lisa from Temecula 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Previous counts were discredited after disputes among the three main ethnic groups, the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Nigeria again postpones first census in 17 years 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z If Obi wins, he would be the first Ibo president of Nigeria since it returned to democracy. What you need to know about Nigeria’s historic presidential election 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z In Igbo tradition, Osus were people who ran into the shrines of deities to seek protection from threats from other community members. Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z After nearly a decade of pogroms against them, the Igbo people of the country’s southeastern states had seceded to form the independent republic of Biafra. Dermot Doran, Priest Who Rallied Aid for Biafran Airlift, Dies at 88 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Obi, an ethnic Igbo, is running on the Labour Party ticket. Nigerian Senate candidate killed three days before election 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr Obi is an Igbo from the east, the only major ethnic group yet to supply a Nigerian president. Nigeria elections 2023: Young people pin their hopes on presidential outsider 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z There is no incumbent on the ballot, and for the first time in decades, there are major candidates from each of Nigeria’s three main ethnic groups: Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa-Fulani. Nigerian Election 2023: What to Know 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Conflict broke out after an Igbo general declared the breakaway state of Biafra. Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Diwe Ekweremadu then allegedly laid out the financial agreement to her father, saying he had "met the Igbo interpreter" and "she agreed to work with us", which would also involve "coaching the boy". Organ harvesting plot: Interpreter tried to help transplant bid - court 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z He is particularly popular in the Igbo heartland in southeastern Nigeria, which includes Enugu State, and this may have boosted the lesser known party's profile in the region. Nigerian Senate candidate killed three days before election 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Obi is a Christian from the Igbo tribe in the volatile southeast, where some members are agitating to secede from Nigeria. Factbox: The candidates contesting Nigeria's presidential election 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Previous counts were discredited after disputes among the three main groups, the Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo. Nigeria sets date for first census in 17 years 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z In a kebab shop in London, Ibo says rising bills and fewer customers splashing out on his takeaway burgers, kebabs and chips are a worry. Single-use plastic: Takeaways face ban in October 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z In his own class in Sabongidda-Ora, in the southern Edo State, five different languages are spoken, he says - Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ora and Esan. Nigerian schools: Flogged for speaking my mother tongue 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z She said women were the prime targets because of their Islamic dress and were subject to a hostility born of the civil war that started in 1967 when Igbo leaders declared independence. Nigeria election: Dangers of being religious in a religious nation 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Ipob wants a group of states in the south-east of the country, largely inhabited by members of the Igbo ethnic group, to break away from Nigeria and form an independent nation called Biafra. Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian court drops charges against separatist Ipob leader 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Historians estimate more than 1 million Igbo civilians in Nigeria’s southeast died, many of starvation. In former British colonies, ghosts of past haunt mourning for queen 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Some 1 million people of the Ibo ethnic tribe were killed or starved to death. Opinion | We must speak the ugly truths about Queen Elizabeth and Britain’s empire 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Igbo officers launched the rebellion in 1967, triggering a three-year civil war that killed more than 1 million people, mostly from famine. Mixed feelings among some in Africa for Queen Elizabeth 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Igbos make up the country's third largest ethnic group, but Nigeria has had only one Igbo leader, largely ceremonial, since it freed itself from British colonial rule in 1960. Peter Obi: The Labour Party candidate electrifying young Nigerians 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z In 1967 Igbo leaders declared independence for the state of Biafra, but after a civil war, which led to the deaths of up to a million people, the secessionist rebellion was defeated. Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian court drops charges against separatist Ipob leader 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z It was taboo for some women to use the word urine, so they renamed it oga, which means “boss” in the Igbo language. Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1. 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It said that it had 15,000 people reviewing content in more than 70 languages - including Igbo. Ipob: Nigerian 'media warriors' call for killings on social media over Biafra 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Her first name means “God gives” in the Igbo language. WNBA star, NBA analyst Chiney Ogwumike is on a tireless quest to have it all 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The three largest groups were the Hausa-Fulani in the north, the Yoruba in the southwest, and the Igbo in the southeast. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Arabic is dominant in the north, but in the west there are African languages - such as Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba - which could vie for the status of lingua franca. Swahili's bid to become a language for all of Africa 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z I joined him and his wife for Sabbath dinner at his home, where he was also hosting Ora Yochanan, a black Jewish woman from the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria. Why I'm proud to be black and Jewish 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Media warriors pit ethnic Igbo people, who are mainly Christian and from the south, against those from the Fulani ethnic group, who are predominantly Muslim and from the north. Ipob: Nigerian 'media warriors' call for killings on social media over Biafra 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z He is now working on similar speech recognition technologies for Nigeria’s two other major languages, Hausa and Igbo, to help people who want to write short sentences and passages. In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The Igbo and Yoruba peoples followed traditional religions and relied on local chiefs for control. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Nigeria's Igbo community and English-speaking Cameroonians have long complained of discrimination by their respective governments. Why separatists in Cameroon and Nigeria have united 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He is an Igbo - one of Nigeria's three dominant ethnic groups which originates in the south-east of the country. The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Living in Bondage, the 1992 Igbo language film that pioneered this new wave, was a huge crossover hit and inspired a cascade of production activity across the country. Netflix isn’t the savior Nollywood needs 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z To improve the AI systems in various African languages, Masakhane researchers are also tapping into news sources across the continent, including Voice of America’s Hausa service and the BBC broadcast in Igbo. In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z However, this management method did not work as well with the Igbo and Yoruba peoples. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lizben Agha, from the Igbo ethnic group, was released after appeals, including from another African country. Nigerian Igbo Jewish leader arrested with Israeli visitors freed 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Igbo customs such as male circumcision, mourning the dead for seven days, celebrating the new moon and conducting wedding ceremonies under a canopy have reinforced this belief about their Jewish heritage. The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Some in the southeast have agitated for independence in the homeland of the Igbo ethnic group for years. Amnesty says Nigeria security forces killed at least 115 in southeast this year 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Ipob wants a group of states in the south-east, mainly made up of people from the Igbo ethnic group, to break away and form the independent nation of Biafra. Nigeria's security crises - five different threats 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z The Igbo, a farming people who have a democratic tradition, live to the east. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Practising Jews form a tiny fraction of the Igbo population, one of the largest groups in multi-ethnic Nigeria. Nigerian Igbo Jewish leader arrested with Israeli visitors freed 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z He argues that as evidence suggests the Igbos were among those who migrated out of Egypt several thousand years ago, it may be that Jews picked up Igbo customs when they went there. The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Kanu has capitalized on the perception that the federal government is prejudiced against the people of the southeast, many of whom belong to Nigeria’s third-largest ethnic group, the Igbo. Biafra Separatist, After Years on Run, Is Held in Nigeria 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “Among the Igbo people, someone who dies is meant to be buried among his ancestors so that he will reincarnate with his family instead of with strangers,” Iloanya said. They disappeared after encounters with Nigeria’s security forces. Where are their bodies? 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z In January 1966, a group of army officers, most of them Igbo, seized power in the capital city of Lagos. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its leader Nnamdi Kanu claims that the Igbo people as a whole are descended from the Biblical Israelites and describes himself as a follower of Judaism, something dismissed as a façade by mainstream Igbo Jews. Nigerian Igbo Jewish leader arrested with Israeli visitors freed 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z He said it was like the Jew in him had been rekindled - and given the similarities between Jewish customs and Igbo traditions he was convinced that Judaism was the true path. The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The artefacts are central to the traditional religions practised by the region's Igbo people, who see them as sacred, and possessing supernatural powers. The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Some saw his words as a threat of genocide against the Igbo ethnic group that is in the majority in Nigeria’s southeast. Nigeria Bans Twitter After President’s Tweet Is Deleted 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z The Hausa-Fulani, who did not trust the Igbo, launched an attack from the north. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Other more numerous Igbo communities describe themselves as Jewish while following practices which combine elements of Judaism and Christianity. Nigerian Igbo Jewish leader arrested with Israeli visitors freed 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Some social media users criticised Buhari's tweet before it was removed, accusing him of targeting Igbo people from the largest ethnic group in the southeast. Twitter removes Nigerian president's 'abusive' civil war post 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Located in the compound of Saint Theresa's Catholic Cathedral, the three-roomed museum boasts hundreds of totems, masks, a stuffed lion and carvings of Igbo deities. The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Her Igbo parents took her English language skills seriously and as a young girl she attended an etiquette class where diction was a key component of the lesson. Africa's lost languages: How English can fuel an identity crisis 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Nigeria was reunited, but perhaps more than a million Igbo died, most from starvation. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Although not officially accepted as Jewish by Israel, Igbo Jews are supported by groups there and around the world who donate to the community, pay solidarity visits and campaign for their recognition. Nigerian Igbo Jewish leader arrested with Israeli visitors freed 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The Peoples Club, a popular social club formed in the town of Aba in 1971, is also credited for kick-starting the Igbo apprenticeship scheme. How a Nigerian scheme forged in war creates billionaires 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes worshippers of the traditional religions also torch their deities, in accordance with a belief captured in the Igbo proverb: "If a God becomes too troublesome, it becomes wood for the fireplace." The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Amaka is working to overcome her identity crisis by taking Igbo lessons and immersing herself in Igbo culture through films and music. Africa's lost languages: How English can fuel an identity crisis 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z The Nigerian government did not punish the Igbo. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The group campaigns for independence for the south-eastern region, where the ethnic Igbo people form the majority. Nigeria Rivers attack: Gunmen kill at least seven police officers 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z "As long as there are markets and Igbo traders, there will be apprentices," he says. How a Nigerian scheme forged in war creates billionaires 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Odinani, an ancient Igbo religion, was practised before the arrival of Christianity and colonialism. The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Her Igbo parents lost all their savings during the conflict as her father, a renowned professor, was a brigadier in the Biafran forces. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala set to make history at WTO 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z It used federal money to rebuild the Igbo region. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite being the first child, Ms Igwe, 29, and her five other sisters received nothing - everything went to the three men in the family as is the custom among the Igbo people. Nigeria inheritance: 'My brothers took everything when my father died' 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The pandemic meant she couldn’t return to Nigeria, and the funeral, a traditional Igbo ceremony, had to be delayed until October. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘America under Trump felt like a personal loss' 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z The boat hit rocks and sank near Ibo Island, the reports said. World Digest: Nov. 4, 2020 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The boat hit rocks and sank near Ibo island, said the reports. At least 40 fleeing extremist violence drown in Mozambique 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z If a dispute arose within an Igbo village, respected elders from different lineages settled the problem. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel pieces together the short life of a young Nigerian man, exploring gender fluidity, Igbo belief and what makes a family. A mother's joys and awful secrets, passed down through a daughter's fiction 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Today she is wearing a bright purple T-shirt with “My father’s daughter” emblazoned in Igbo on the front, one of several she had made. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘America under Trump felt like a personal loss' 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z About 1.5 million Igbo slaves were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean between the 15th and 19th Centuries. 'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves' 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The first time I met Wakil, in 2018, she grinned and embraced me tenderly when I told her that I was also Igbo. 'Mama Boko Haram': one woman's extraordinary mission to rescue 'her boys' from terrorism 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Societies like the Igbo use the age-set system to teach discipline, community service, and leadership skills to their young. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden objects about 1.5 metres high, one male and one female, represent deities from the Igbo community, their hands face upwards waiting to receive sacrifices and gifts. Auction of 'looted' artefacts 'should be scrapped' 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Tribal and familial bonds were broken, and African people could no longer identify as Igbo, Yoruba, and Malian. US must confront its Original Sin to move forward 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Igbo slave traders like my great-grandfather did not suffer any crisis of social acceptance or legality. 'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves' 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Google Translate is enabled for 13 African languages, including Igbo, however it is far from perfect. Training AI 'to translate mum's phone messages' 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z His writing gave voice both to contemporary concerns and also to a defence of African - and more specifically his Igbo - culture. The Nigerian royal who loved to lampoon modern life 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z For most Nigerians, the war over the breakaway state of Biafra is generally regarded as an unfortunate episode best forgotten, but for the Igbo people who fought for secession, it remains a life-defining event. Remembering the war that many prefer to forget 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z There are vibrant textiles from Ghana, intricate headdresses from Cameroon and samples of Igbo wall painting from Nigeria. Slavery museum in Liverpool aims to confront painful legacy 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Igbo slaves served as domestic servants and labourers. 'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves' 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z In fact, Lionheart does feature the Igbo language, which millions of people in eastern Nigeria speak. US briefing: Sondland backtracks, Democrat wins and Boeing's woes 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Maybe it was not such a good thing to be an Igbo writer in the same generation as Achebe. The Nigerian royal who loved to lampoon modern life 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In January 1966, some senior Nigerian army officers, mostly of the Igbo ethnic group, assassinated key politicians during a coup in the West African state. Remembering the war that many prefer to forget 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “We may have a new middle class, but what is it built on?” asked Ibo Blazicevic, president of Bolivia’s National Chamber of Industries. Socialism doesn’t work? An emerging middle class of Bolivians would beg to differ. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Acclaimed Igbo historian Adiele Afigbo described the slave trade in south-eastern Nigeria which lasted until the late 1940s and early 1950s as one of the best kept secrets of the British colonial administration. 'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves' 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Told in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, it was described by judge Afua Hirsch as "a book that wrenches the heart". Six authors await Booker Prize 2019 announcement 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The book captured what it meant to be an Igbo student in western Nigeria before the civil war, sparked by the creation of a breakaway Igbo state, Biafra, in 1967. The Nigerian royal who loved to lampoon modern life 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z This led to months of massacres against the Igbo living in the north. Remembering the war that many prefer to forget 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Naturally, she had an Igbo worldview and would often allude to the chi, especially when events took negative turns. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Westerners trying to understand the Igbo system often reach for its similarities with the oppression of black Americans. The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z “The sound was like a pack of angry wolves,” Ahmad Baroudi, a spokesman with the aid group Save the Children, told the AP after visiting devastated Ibo island and hearing accounts of the storm. Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, it flew its first consignment - including high-energy biscuits and medical supplies from other organizations - to the island of Ibo, where 90 percent of the homes were destroyed. 'The food is going': Teachers stranded in cyclone-hit Mozambique 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z These events sparked the Igbo's decision to secede, spearheaded by Ojukwu, who was then the military governor of the Eastern Region. Remembering the war that many prefer to forget 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The chi would be the centrepiece of the Igbo ontology, a belief that was the foundation of the Igbo egalitarian sociopolitical structure. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Igbo discrimination is not based on race, and there are no visual markers to differentiate slave descendants from freeborn. The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Then an anthem begins to play, and a voice says “Kedu” — “how are you” in the Igbo language — to welcome listeners to the daily broadcast of Radio Biafra. The dream of Biafra lives on in underground Nigerian radio broadcasts 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Officials said aid distribution would begin via helicopter and boats in Ibo and Quissanga as soon as the rains lifted on Monday. Cyclone Kenneth death toll in Mozambique rises as rain continues 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Fifty years after the Biafran conflict, Nigeria is still battling to maintain its unity, with various groups, not just the Igbo, calling for the restructuring of Africa's most populous state. Remembering the war that many prefer to forget 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z It begins from writing our own cosmological novel, an Igbo Paradise Lost in which a spirit attempts to justify the ways of man to the gods. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z The stigmas of the Igbo caste system exist all over southeastern Nigeria, but they are especially salient within small rural communities, where a family’s lineage is impossible to hide. The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The supporters of Biafran independence are from the southeast, mostly from the Igbo ethnic group, which numbers about 29 million people, or about 14% of the the country’s population. The dream of Biafra lives on in underground Nigerian radio broadcasts 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z On the island of Ibo, 90 percent of the homes were flattened, leaving 15,000 homeless, government officials said. Cyclone Kenneth Lashes Mozambique, With Floods Feared 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “The Igbo – I know what they eat. The Yoruba – I know what they eat.” Special Report: Wish You Weren't Here - Postcards from the Edge of... 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr Ibo says the news hit the local Syrian and Muslim communities hard. The lives lost and the world they revealed 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Slavery existed among the Igbo long before colonization, but it accelerated in the sixteenth century, when the transatlantic trade began and demand for slaves increased. The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z All over Nigeria, the Igbo are recognised for their entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Neither do the Basques, Catalans, Scots, Kashmiris, Tibetans, Abkhazians, Ossetians, Lombards, Igbo, Oromo, Uyghurs, Tamils and Québécois, nor dozens of other peoples who have created nationalist movements to seek self-determination but failed to achieve it. Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is antisemitic | Peter Beinart 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Ibo is a dance that represents freedom in tribute to the country's status as the world's first black republic, independent since 1804. The school saving lives with dance 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The war left the Igbo people malnourished, traumatized and persecuted. This Nigerian doctor might just prevent the next deadly pandemic 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z In the nineteenth century, the abolition of slavery in the West inadvertently led to a glut of slaves in the Igbo markets, causing the number of ohu and osu to skyrocket. The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z After studying Igbo from primary school through to the conclusion of secondary school, I was confident enough in my knowledge to register the language as one of my university entrance exam subjects. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z His attempt to win her family’s respect leads him into dire circumstances—and the reader on a tour both of the instabilities of contemporary Nigeria and of the whole cosmos of the Igbo religion. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Another defendant, Nigerian native Elizabeth Amachaghi, needed an interpreter in her native language, Ibo, to be flown to North Carolina from the West Coast, her attorney said. Trump-appointed prosecutor focused on allegations of voting fraud by immigrants amid warnings about separate ballot scheme 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z When Chigozie Obioma came up with the idea of writing a novel from the point of view of a person’s “chi” – the animating spirit that, in Igbo cosmology, every living thing contains – his heart sank. 'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z “People were calling and abusing us, and saying that we were going against Igbo culture and tradition,” he said. The Descendants of Slaves in Nigeria Fight for Equality 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z None of us children spoke Igbo, our local language. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Rooted in Nigerian Igbo cosmology, Chigozie Obioma’s second novel is a rare treasure: a book that deepens the mystery of the human experience. Chigozie Obioma follows up Man Booker winner with the transcendent ‘Orchestra of Minorities’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The market, she explained, gave women special leverage in Igbo culture. Ghosts, plastic sheeting, Oprah: the hypnotic cultural kaleidoscope of ‘Poor People’s TV Room’ at On the Boards 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z It was his intention, he says, to trace the locus of Igbo cosmology as it is vested in the idea of the “chi”. 'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr Kanu is the latest in a line of ethnic Igbo activists taking up the cause of pushing for an independent state. Nigeria separatist resurfaces in Israel 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z There is now an alarming number of young Igbo people who are not fluent in their mother tongue or in English. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The traditional Igbo spirit realm underlies all that transpires in the novel. Chigozie Obioma follows up Man Booker winner with the transcendent ‘Orchestra of Minorities’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z For 20 years after it closed in 1986 it was run as a successful community centre for the Igbo community but rising costs forced them out in 2007. Top 10 buildings 'crying out' to be saved 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are Nigeria's major languages, as well as English - used to foster unity in a country with numerous ethnic groups. The village with 'male and female languages' 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z South-eastern Nigeria is mainly inhabited by the ethnic Igbo community, who often complain of marginalisation - accusing successive governments of failing to develop their areas. Biafra shutdown cripples Nigerian cities 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z But while the other pupils were busy giggling, I went on to get the highest scores in Igbo tests. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z There are popular stereotypes about the three major ethnic groups—Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa—which everyone draws upon for fun. Why Nigeria's hate speech bill is a jokes killer 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Worse, it is a place of painful exile from their Igbo earth mother, Ala. Ada makes regular sacrifices, cutting and bleeding herself, but will anything short of suicide appease the rapacious gods within? ‘Freshwater’: a bewitching tale of gods and a girl coming of age 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z There are very few news publications in Igbo and Yoruba in Nigeria, so it is hoped the new BBC services will be popular with Nigerians at home - and in the diaspora. BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The practice is shrouded in secrecy, says Dioka Bridget, research fellow at the Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria. 'They ensure each twin baby dies': the secret killings in central Nigeria | Orji Sunday 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z We were taught to see ourselves as Nigerian, not Igbo or Hausa or Yoruba or whatever. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z There is this popular joke about an Igbo child who continued to fail the most basic sums in his mathematics class. Why Nigeria's hate speech bill is a jokes killer 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Getting family backing for your choice of spouse is an essential part of Igbo culture. 'I replied to a Facebook post and was married six days later' 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z "Delivering content and engaging with the Igbo and Yoruba audiences in their mother tongues is authentic, exciting and refreshing," she says. BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z This year’s holiday concert started with a song whose lyrics were in the Nigerian languages Yoruba and Igbo. Strong vocals: Kenai teacher brings excitement to the choir 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z “Your wit is even sharper in Igbo than in English,” my mother insists. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z This year’s holiday concert started with a song whose lyrics were in the Nigerian languages Yoruba and Igbo. Strong vocals: Kenai teacher brings excitement to the choir 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z They got married on 6 January in a traditional Igbo ceremony, and posted photos of their wedding day on Facebook of course - to the amusement of the social media community. 'I replied to a Facebook post and was married six days later' 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Igbo is primarily spoken in south-east Nigeria and Yoruba in the south-west, as well as in Benin and Togo. BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Authorities have imposed dusk-to-dawn curfews in Igbo strongholds following clashes involving the military and members of IPOB, as well as at his residence. In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z On the rare occasion my father and mother spoke Igbo to each other, it was a clear sign that they were conducting a conversation in which the children were not supposed to participate. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It plans to add the West African languages Igbo and Yoruba next year. The BBC in Pidgin? People Like It Well-Well 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z If the initiative succeeds, Nigerians will be in for a shock when they hear greetings - such as "sannu" in Hausa, "ekason" in Yoruba or "kedu" in Igbo - from those in military fatigues. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z And, during the Nigerian civil war when leaders of the Igbo ethnic group attempted to secede and form a different country called Biafra, Whyte's songs were popular as a source of courage and hope. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Some say that while the pro-independence fight is so far confined to Igbo lands, it is having an impact nationally. In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z A perennial issue among the Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria is the battle between the mind and the purse; between certificate and cash. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Or the Christian Igbo embracing their identity, recruiting allies, and ostracising anyone who will not acquiesce with their cause. Africa has been failed by westernisation. It must cast off its subservience | Chigozie Obioma 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z If the initiative succeeds, Nigerians will be in for a shock when they hear greetings - such as "sannu" in Hausa, "ekason" in Yoruba or "kedu" in Igbo - from those in military fatigues. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Tales abound of the reach and impact of his music, most of which was written in his local Igbo language and focused on hope in spite of trials and tribulations. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z A famine that struck the Igbo region attracted global attention and condemnation of the government’s handling of the conflict. In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z From pre-colonial times to today, a majority of the country’s successful traders and transporters have been Igbo. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Three more sites will launch next year - in Igbo, Yoruba and Serbian. From goats to baby boxes - 20 years of BBC news online 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The languages in question - Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba - represent the three dominant communities in the country, but that still leaves out a large number of Nigerians from the country's several hundred other ethnic groups. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z She writes the way the late Ibo feminist supreme Victoria Mojekwu spoke! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Humanist On and Off the Page 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z “The Igbo feel they are not part of the government, that government is too far away from them, and they are not getting the dividends of democracy,” said Mr. Okoroafor, who himself is Igbo. In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Igbo is among the world’s endangered languages, and there is a rising cry, especially among Igbo intellectuals, for drastic action to preserve and promote our mother tongue. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He hails from the Igbo ethnic group which is at the centre of the campaign to create the breakaway state of Biafra in south-eastern Nigeria. Can Africa learn any lessons from Catalonia? 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The languages in question - Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba - represent the three dominant communities in the country, but that still leaves out a large number of Nigerians from the country's several hundred other ethnic groups. Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z She writes the way the late Ibo feminist supreme Victoria Mojekwu spoke! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Humanist On and Off the Page 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The Igbo are estimated to be almost 20 percent of Nigeria’s 186 million people. In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z I read Igbo literature and watched Igbo programmes on TV. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The movement in May marked 50 years after civil war saw more than one million people die trying to create a state for the Igbo people. Nigeria declares Biafra separatist movement terrorist group 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Hundreds of prisoners in Hong Kong listen to “Hour of Love,” which airs Sundays on a local station and includes hymns and Bible readings, along with pop music in Igbo, Punjabi, Spanish and other languages. Ex-con takes to Hong Kong’s airwaves, and prisoners tune it 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “Okra,” he writes, sprung from the word “okwuru” in the language of the Igbo people of Nigeria, and “yam” came from “nyambi” in Wolof, a language with roots in Senegal. Tracing his urge to cook through slavery and the South 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Most of all, with a deteriorating economy that is hitting their strongholds hard, Igbo leaders say they are driven to fight due to the bleak future facing their children. In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Only two students in my entire school had chosen to take Igbo in these exams. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The Igbo are one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups but remain largely marginalized in politics. Nigeria declares Biafra separatist movement terrorist group 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The celebrated novelist Chinua Achebe’s defence of writing in English, rather than his native Igbo, would ring true today whether spoken by politician or pop star. The fertile world of Nigerian patois 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Another group, the Coalition of Arewa Youth Groups, has been threatening Igbo in northern Nigeria and demanding that they return to Biafra in the south. Nigeria’s children struggle against corruption, shaky future in prosperous nation 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Top Igbo politicians recently rejected calls for Biafra but stressed the need for fairness and equality. 'Nigeria treats us like slaves' - but is Biafra the answer? - BBC News 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Today, few people can tell from my pronunciations that I grew up not speaking Igbo. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the Igbo community accused him of turning the country into a "banana republic", The Daily Post website reported. Nigerian president's Eid speech in Hausa criticised - BBC News 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z This would forever be known as Igbo Landing. TRAVEL: Georgia’s Golden Isles of St. Simons, Jekyll 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In 1967 Igbo leaders declared a Biafran state, but after a brutal civil war, which led to the deaths of up to a million people, the secessionist rebellion was defeated. Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu: The man behind Nigeria's separatists - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Reverend Moses Iloh is an Igbo but he grew up in the north and now lives in the south-western commercial hub of Lagos. 'Nigeria treats us like slaves' - but is Biafra the answer? - BBC News 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Strangely, whenever I am in the presence of anyone who knew me as a child, when I was not permitted to speak Igbo, my eloquence in the local tongue often regresses. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The Dureke sisters are from the Igbo tribe, in eastern Nigeria. Perspective | Two sisters aim to bring a bit of Africa, and some flavor, to D.C. 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z A group of slaves from the Igbo region of West Africa escaped custody and took over the ship that was transporting them to St. Simons from Savannah. TRAVEL: Georgia’s Golden Isles of St. Simons, Jekyll 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The Ipob leader says he is an Igbo Jew, part of a group who believe they are descendants of the lost tribe of Israel who settled in West Africa. Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu: The man behind Nigeria's separatists - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It's a common perception we heard many times here - that Igbo people are marginalised in a Nigeria that only serves the interests of the two other main ethnic groups - the Hausa and Yoruba. 'Nigeria treats us like slaves' - but is Biafra the answer? - BBC News 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z My parents also spoke to each other in English – never mind that they had grown up speaking Igbo with their families. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Soon afterward, her friend Faith introduced her to an Igbo woman with European connections—she was elegant, well dressed, and kind. The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z You know that Igbo joke, used to tease girls who are being childish – “What are you doing? Don’t you know you are old enough to find a husband?” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'Can people please stop telling me feminism is hot?' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z The movement wants a group of states in south-east Nigeria, made up mainly of people from the Igbo ethnic group, to break away and form the independent nation of Biafra. Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu: The man behind Nigeria's separatists - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Later, she wrote about civil conflict in Nigeria and the experience of motherhood in a changing Ibo society. Buchi Emecheta: Nigerian author who championed girls dies aged 72 - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z My parents, who have spoken Igbo their entire lives, can hardly read and write their mother tongue fluently. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The demonstration was organized in southern Rivers state by the Indigenous People of Biafra, whose members want Trump to support the creation of an independent Biafran state for the Igbo people. Group: 11 killed at Nigeria pro-Trump rally; police deny it 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The movement wants to create an independent state - Biafra - in the southeast of Nigeria, home to the Igbo people. Nigeria security forces 'killed 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters' - BBC News 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z He was a relatively obscure figure until 2009 when he started Radio Biafra, a station that called for an independent state for the Igbo people and broadcast to Nigeria from London. Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu: The man behind Nigeria's separatists - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z As Ibo walks through the slums of Kadifekale, a prominent hill on the fringes of downtown Izmir, children scurry about, playing soccer with an empty cola bottle. A smuggler makes his way through Izmir, Turkey, on the lookout for human cargo 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Around that same time, a significant number of uneducated but daring Igbo men found infamy and fortune by swindling westerners of millions through advance fee fraud, known locally as 419 scams. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Igbo is the predominant tribe in southeastern Nigeria. Nigeria’s baby mills victimize vulnerable mothers, sell infants on black market 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z He pointed in particular to the south-east, where Igbo secessionist groups are demanding the restoration of the ill-fated republic of Biafra. Buhari's crackdown in Nigeria fails to stamp out Boko Haram 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z What the interest in Mr Kanu and his movement shows more than anything else is Nigeria's 50-year failure to put the idea of Igbo separatism to rest. Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu: The man behind Nigeria's separatists - BBC News 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Ibo, however, says the last year was without precedent. A smuggler makes his way through Izmir, Turkey, on the lookout for human cargo 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z This longstanding battle between the mind and the wallet is probably why Igbo has suffered the most among Nigeria’s three main languages. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Millions more of the Igbo tribe believe that they are descended from biblical Israelites. Who wants to be a Jew? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z It's the same with many other Igbo families. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Nigeria’s Igbo people prosecuted a civil war to create a separate state of Biafra in the southeast that killed a million people in the 1960s. Nigerian Separatists Hijack Ship and Demand Leader's Release 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z As Ibo moves on, he points to a shuttle bus, its windows tinted white, parked down a winding back alley. A smuggler makes his way through Izmir, Turkey, on the lookout for human cargo 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z My difficulty in communicating with Daa was not the only disadvantage of not being able to speak Igbo as a child. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Nigeria’s Igbo people prosecuted a civil war to create a separate state of Biafra in the south-east that killed a million people in the 1960s. Nigerian militants hijack merchant ship and demand activist's release 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z There are some books in Igbo, but no newspapers. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Igbo people from southeastern Nigeria fought a civil war to form an independent Biafra in the 1960s that killed 1 million people.. A Nigerian court has refused to give bail to Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, whose prolonged detention has sparked violent protests 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Ibo opens a green bicycle lock wrapped around the door handles of a dilapidated house. A smuggler makes his way through Izmir, Turkey, on the lookout for human cargo 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z I considered Igbo foreign to me, and approached the subject studiously. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Six months later, northern soldiers staged another even bloodier counter-coup against their Igbo colleagues. How first coup still haunts Nigeria 50 years on - BBC News 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z While growing up, I didn't care that I couldn't speak Igbo, but in adulthood, especially since becoming a father, it's something I want to fix. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement But Mr. Chukwu was confident that longtime customers would not desert Igbo Market for the mall. Nigeria Goes to the Mall 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Mr Buhari, a former military ruler who fought in the civil war, will be watching the Igbo leaders' response to the issue with concern. Letter from Africa: Should new calls for Biafra worry Nigerians? - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Maybe they are quite content with a local audience – but the local audiences themselves may not be able to read the authors’ books written in Gikuyu or Igbo or Chi. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Army commander Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, an Igbo, suppressed the coup, but seized power himself. How first coup still haunts Nigeria 50 years on - BBC News 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But when two Igbo meet, they may well speak English to one another. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Esther Ogbolu, who was shopping for shoes at Igbo Market, said she had found the mall unaffordable, though she spoke approvingly of its air-conditioning, smiling at the memory. Nigeria Goes to the Mall 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Nigeria did not exist until British colonialists drew a line around hundreds of fractious ethnic groups dominated by the Igbo in the east, the Yoruba in the west, and the Hausa-Fulani in the north. Go your own way 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The Igbo are also known for ostentatiousness and flamboyance – those with great wealth usually find it difficult to be silent about it. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Northerners interpreted the coup as an Igbo-led conspiracy to subjugate the north and impose Igbo domination. How first coup still haunts Nigeria 50 years on - BBC News 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But why are Igbo people failing to pass on the pass on the language to the next generation? Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Here in Warri, people have traditionally bought clothes at the hundreds of tiny shops in Igbo Market, named after the ethnic group that dominates the business. Nigeria Goes to the Mall 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The director of banned Radio Biafra was arrested last month and is still being held despite a court order to free him, his mainly ethnic Igbo supporters say. Nigeria protests over Biafra activist's arrest - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z People in southeastern Nigeria confirmed Thursday that the station is broadcasting in the area that is home to the Igbo people. Nigeria blocks Radio Biafra station dedicated to creating a breakaway state 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Northerners living in Igbo areas were also killed in revenge attacks. How first coup still haunts Nigeria 50 years on - BBC News 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z While many Igbos I speak to are not necessarily in support of secession, they see these groups as standing up for Igbo rights. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “He carried himself like a true Ibo prince: dignified, impeccably dressed in a tailored tan suit and gleamingly shined oxblood shoes,” Follis writes of a Nigerian drug dealer. Learning to Love a Drug Lord 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The Igbo community, who make up the majority in the Kano suburb set aside for non-Muslim residents, has already shrunk considerably in the last few years because of an Islamist insurgency in the north-east. Nigeria election: Kano's Christian exodus 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The 43-year-old businessman ordered parts from China and began making dolls based on Nigeria ethnic groups Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. How these Barbie-like dolls are making a difference to young kids 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z I’m really curious to know if maybe somewhere down the line any of my ancestors weren’t Igbo or Nigerian, or even African for that matter. Michael Uzowuru: Validation from Kanye is bigger than a Grammy 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z My indefatigable and proudly Igbo wife, Chikodili, rescued me when we met. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Darcell Igbo, 26, who was inside the diner at the time of the incident, said he ran into the bathroom when he noticed a robbery was occurring. Security guard gets hurt in shooting at Bridgeport diner 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Nigeria’s first coup was carried out by a group of Igbo army officers in January 1966. Boko Haram: Terror’s Insidious New Face Whenever there were tensions between Kano's Hausa-speaking Muslim majority and the large number of mainly Christian Igbo businessmen in the city, he always intervened to calm the situation. Nigerians mourn revered Muslim ruler 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Its label features the rising sun, an icon of the local Igbo people. The beer frontier 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z These anecdotes are backed up by Unesco's description of Igbo in 1995 as "endangered", a rarity for a language whose population is actually growing. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “As soon as it started happening I basically got out of there,” Igbo said. Security guard gets hurt in shooting at Bridgeport diner 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Thousands of Igbos — southerners — were massacred in the north; and then the federal forces, composed of westerners and northerners, embarked on a brutal scorched-earth campaign to suppress the Igbo uprising. Nigerian Movie Appears to Hit Nerve Over War 2014-04-26T01:27:25Z Nigeria is dominated by three major languages: Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, with English also used to maintain the country's unity amid a diverse cultural mix. Nigerian languages fight for survival 2014-03-04T12:06:56Z Agwu is the Igbo deity of divination, thought to be a malignant and ruthless force. Letter from Africa: The power of a name 2014-02-05T09:05:07Z When I'm in Nigeria, I say my dad is Igbo from Anambra State, and my mum is from Rivers State. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Igbo added that he has never witnessed anything similar in his life before. Security guard gets hurt in shooting at Bridgeport diner 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Even today a remnant of the old Igbo independence movement persists in the country’s south, which is largely Christian. Nigerian Movie Appears to Hit Nerve Over War 2014-04-26T01:27:25Z In one incident, 72 traders from the Igbo ethnic group were deported to their ancestral lands after their houses were bulldozed. Insight: The struggle to tame Africa's beast of a megacity 2013-10-23T06:00:34Z A bomb blast in a bus park, in an area predominantly inhabited by Igbo Christians from the south, killed at least 15 in July. Nigeria troops raid Kano suicide vest factory 2013-10-09T23:27:34Z It's a refrain I hear both in Nigeria and among the Igbo diaspora abroad. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z He said that the Igbo people of the south-east and the Yoruba of the south-west were smarting for war over alleged maltreatment meted to some Igbo people residing in Lagos, the commercial capital. Letter from Africa: Playing the ethnic card 2013-08-20T12:10:45Z According to Igbo tradition, death is not an end to life. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z An estimated one million to three million people, mostly Ibo, were killed or starved when the Nigerian government blockaded the Biafran border. Chinua Achebe’s Greatest Hits 2013-03-22T20:30:00Z Within months, Nigeria was engulfed in independent Africa's first humanitarian catastrophe: a war for the independence of Mr. Achebe's Igbo homeland that left one million people dead, most of them children who starved. Achebe, Famed Nigerian Writer, Dies 2013-03-22T13:04:02Z After the war, Igbo lost its status as a lingua franca that non-Igbo people like my mother would learn. Identity 2016: Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z So, the governor fell back on a line which was sure to resonate with the justifiably angry electorate: Igbo people were being persecuted in Lagos and he was standing up in their defence! Letter from Africa: Playing the ethnic card 2013-08-20T12:10:45Z But, according to Igbo tradition, there is a laid-down procedure for breaking the news of death, especially that of a great man. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z He spoke of the “two types of music” running through his mind— Ibo legends and the prose of Dickens. Author Chinua Achebe dies at 82 2013-03-22T12:42:00Z His first name, Kelechi, means “Thank God” in Igbo, a native language in Nigeria. Sound Smart About the Super Bowl 2013-02-01T09:25:00Z The Biafran leaders were mostly from the Igbo ethnic group, whose members were targeted by rioters in northern areas following a 1966 coup seen as being led by Igbo officers. Mass arrests over Biafra protest 2012-11-05T16:52:33Z Most people in Onitsha belong to the minority Igbo ethnic group Where exactly in Onitsha were they driven to - a roadside or motor park? Letter from Africa: Playing the ethnic card 2013-08-20T12:10:45Z The Igbo bury their dead among the living, within the premises of the family home. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z Achebe writes that after the war, “the Igbo were not and continue not to be reintegrated into Nigeria, one of the main reasons for the country’s continued backwardness, in my estimation.” Things Still Fall Apart 2012-10-08T05:00:00Z When the Igbo people of southern Nigeria tried to break free in 1967, the civil war was so brutal that no other group in that polyglot nation has tried with such force again. Memo From Africa: Mali Rebels Declare Independence, but Face an Uphill Task 2012-04-06T23:28:13Z But the industry he established remains tightly controlled by the same group of Igbo businessmen, an insular guild sometimes called the Alaba cartel. The Making of Nigeria?s Film Industry 2012-02-23T22:43:02Z Kwo Ibo lay fallow for some time, then one or two Sierra Leone men attempted to trade there, but with little success, owing to the influence King Ja Ja had in the country. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z But then, Igbo tradition stipulates all sorts of woeful consequences for families that do not ensure their dead's rightful place in the next world. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z The attacks forced hundreds of Christians from the Igbo ethnic group, the main targets, to flee back to their southeastern ethnic homeland. Nigeria ruling party wins vote in violence-hit north 2012-02-05T16:30:36Z The Red Cross official said members of the Igbo ethnic group, who are usually Christian and a minority in the mainly Muslim north were fleeing the northeast. Christians flee attacks in northeast Nigeria 2012-01-07T13:40:15Z Other merchants, overwhelmingly members of Nnebue’s ethnic group, the Igbo, followed him into business. The Making of Nigeria?s Film Industry 2012-02-23T22:43:02Z The names of the four traders who first attempted to trade in the Ibo markets of King Ja Ja deserve to be recorded, for their action was not without great risk to themselves. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The honourable final resting place for an Igbo man is his ancestral village; and for a woman, in her husband's village. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z The attack at noon targeted a town hall where Christian Igbo people were holding a meeting, with gunmen chanting “God is great” as they fired Kalashnikov rifles. | Africa: Nigeria: Christians Killed in North 2012-01-07T04:40:31Z Most of the people killed in Mubi were Igbo, local residents said. Christians flee attacks in northeast Nigeria 2012-01-07T13:40:15Z Sam Loco was supposed to play the female lead’s father, an Igbo farmer. The Making of Nigeria?s Film Industry 2012-02-23T22:43:02Z In 1966, six years after independence from Britain, Nigeria's military staged a coup led by ethnic Igbo officers from the east. The Gentleman Rebel: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933-2011) 2011-12-02T07:05:00Z Typically all immediate relatives of the deceased dress in the same outfit at an Igbo funeral. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z A clash over federal taxation of the Ibo region’s oil and coal industries precipitated the final break. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Leader of Breakaway Republic of Biafra, Dies at 78 2011-11-26T23:09:51Z Mikel's family, Christians from the Igbo tribe, is in the minority in the area. Police: 2 Nigerian soldiers linked to kidnapping 2011-08-24T10:46:12Z Mikel's family, from the Igbo tribe, is in the minority in the area. Father of Chelsea player Mikel found in Nigeria 2011-08-22T22:34:07Z Mikel’s family, from the Igbo tribe, is in the minority in the area. Police: Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel?s father found in north Nigeria; kidnappers arrested 2011-08-22T19:45:03Z This towering and cloaked masked figure is called a masquerade - and in Igbo culture they appear only during special occasions like festivals and Christmas and during the burials of very important people. Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe 2013-05-23T04:46:52Z While he denounced the massacre and cited other Ibo grievances, Colonel Ojukwu for months resisted rising Ibo pressure for secession. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Leader of Breakaway Republic of Biafra, Dies at 78 2011-11-26T23:09:51Z Mikel’s family, from the Igbo tribe, are a minority in the area. Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel?s father abducted in Nigeria; no ransom received 2011-08-15T11:49:13Z Mikel's family, from the Igbo tribe, are a minority in the area. Father of Chelsea player Mikel abducted in Nigeria 2011-08-15T11:48:09Z If you think the Igbo wedding is extravagant please try the Asian or the English. Sola Odunfa: The price of marriage 2011-06-29T16:40:36Z |
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