On an ordinary day at a junior secondary school in southeastern Nigeria, an Igbo language teacher walks into a classroom and begins the lesson with a greeting. When the learners greet her in unison ...

In its quest to revive Igbo language in non Igbo speaking states of the federation, Indigenes of Anaocha Town Union in Lagos State have unveiled plans to organise free Igbo Language lessons for ...

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 ...

Language has been described as the strongest medium of transmitting culture and social reality because it influences thought and conduct. Speaking on Sunday at the public presentation of a book for ...

The Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, CIS-UNN, has declared that no effort will be spared in preventing Igbo language from joining its ancestors. The Center, which blamed parents ...

Ńdébé pays homage to the old Nsibidi logographs, as well as Nwagu Aneke's proto-script, but is a unique, original, but more importantly, functional creation. Lottana Igwe-Odunze, a Nigerian woman has ...

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

kk ll Uju Ekedozie is a firm believer that language is at the heart of embracing a new home. As the chairwoman of the Waterford Migrant Integration Forum, Ms Ekedozie works hard to make new arrivals ...