We have to give Kerry Washington her props. The very busy star of Scandal and mother of two has found the time in her busy schedule to try and learn the language of her husband, Nnamdi Asomugha. The ...

Igbo and Yoruba are two of Nigeria's major languages, with an estimated total of 44 million speakers in Africa combined. Here are some words that have similar interpretations in both languages.

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

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed grave concern over what it called the gradual erosion of Igbo language, culture and values. The organisation therefore called on ...

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

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

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo has set up a special committee to design a framework for reviving and safeguarding the Igbo language from running out of extinction. President ...

Contrary to speculations that Igbo language would go into extinction by 2050, the Abia State Polytechnic Rector, Sir Allwell Onukaogu, has debunked such report, insisting that the language, like every ...

Nigerian woman, Amarachi Attamah has revealed that she has been appointed to teach Igbo language at Harvard and Yale, two prestigious US universities. Amarachi posted on Facebook to convey her ...

Igbo people were taken in relatively high numbers to Jamaica as slaves, so it's no surprise that there's some Igbo language in the Jamaican Patois language. Originating primarily from the Bight of ...

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