Igbo Blog: Igbo Kwenu!

Hip Hip Hurray!: Igbo Language Now Compulsory in Igbo Schools!

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:21:01 -0500

by Odo Akaji (United Kingdom) ---

Chukwu gọzie asụsụ Igbo
Mee k'ọ na-agawanye n’iru

Wepụta ndi ga-ede akwụkwọ

Ndi g'ede ihe gat'ụtọ

Mee k' anyị si otu a mụta

Ihụ asụsụ anyị n'anya ~~ Mazi F.C. Ogbalu July 20, 1949

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Professor V.C. Ike in Conversation with Professor Osmond Enekwe, Uduma Kalu, and Alvan Ewuzie

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:01:52 -0500

Interview Series by the Chinua Achebe Foundation (New York, USA) --- Professor Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike is one of Africa’s leading writers and intellectuals. He was born in eastern Nigeria and educated at the University of Ibadan, and at Stanford University in the USA. As an educator, Ike has contributed to the intellectual and cultural development of Africa in important administrative positions at Nigerian universities and at UNESCO, and as a professor at the University of Jos. His novels include Toads for Supper (1965), which is set....

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Professor Bede N. Okigbo in Conversation with Professor Ossie Enekwe, Uduma Kalu and Alvan Ewuzie

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:42:56 -0500

Interview Series by the Chinua Achebe Foundation (New York, USA) --- Professor Bede N. Okigbo is the renowned agronomist and retired Director of the World Agricultural Institute in Japan, former Director of the United Nations Institute for Agricultural Research in Africa, Accra, Ghana, and the former Deputy Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Nigeria. He is widely regarded as Africa’s leading ....

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Re: Thomas Osuji's "Revisiting Chinua Achebe's Okonkwo Character"

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:19:14 -0500

by Odo Akaji (United Kingdom) ---

What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. ~~~ Bertrand Russell

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Mrs. Oyibo Odinamadu in Conversation with Obi Nwakanma -2

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:50:35 -0500

Interview Series by the Chinua Achebe Foundation (New York, USA) --- Mrs. Oyibo Odinamadu, an icon of politics, civil rights and the women’s movement, made a name for herself as a leader of various women’s organizations and as a public servant in Nigeria. She was especially active in the founding of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) and was president of the Eastern Nigeria council from 1958 until she joined active partisan politics in....

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The Achebe Colloquium #1A of 5: A Celebration of Excellence in Science and Medicine

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:53:51 -0500

Achebe Colloquium by the Chinua Achebe Foundation (New York, USA) --- Rigorous intellectual discussions with renowned experts of “the younger generation”, tackling the challenges facing Nigeria in Science and Medicine, Business and Entertainment, Politics, Law and Human Rrights, Art and Literature, and Education.

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Mrs. Oyibo Odinamadu in Conversation with Obi Nwakanma -1

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:42:48 -0500

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Chief M.T. MBU in Conversation with Maxim Uzoatu and Paul Odili

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:06:37 -0500

Interview Series by the Chinua Achebe Foundation (New York, USA) --- MBU, Matthew Tawo - Lawyer, Politician, Diplomat, and a permanent fixture in Nigerian political affairs for more than fifty years - is a political giant. Chief Mbu was born on November 20, 1929, in Okundi, Cross River State. He received his early education at Okundi Primary School from 1937 to 1940. He also....

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Archbishop AJV Obinna in Conversation with Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:39:54 -0500

Interview Series by the Chinua Achebe Foundation --- Dr. Anthony J.V. Obinna, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, is one of Africa’s foremost theologians and scholars. Born on June 26, 1946 in Emekuku (near Owerri), and educated at St. Peter Claver Seminary, Okpala (near Aba)

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Obasanjo's Historic Visit to Amichi

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:54:03 -0500

by Oyibo E. Odinamadu (Mrs.) (Raleigh, North Carolina) --- Must Ndi Igbo be sycophantic towards those in positions of power, no matter how much they have contributed towards the genocidal activities against Ndi Igbo? Must Ndi Igbo be sycophantic towards the people who have, by their continued negative and oppressive stance in their performances while in the office, have underscored those attitudes directly against Ndi Igbo? These people towards whom Ndi Igbo cower, may actually be inwardly scared stiff and trembling at the mere mention or sight of Ndi Igbo.

The Achebe Colloquium: In Celebration of Nigerian Excellence

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:42:20 -0500

by The Chinua Achebe Foundation: The Achebe Colloquium: In Celebration of Nigerian Excellence

1A: A Celebration of Excellence in Science and Medicine

Introduction 2: Achebe Colloquium: In Celebration of Nigerian Excellence

Chinua Achebe Foundation Interview Series

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:52:24 -0500

by The Chinua Achebe Foundation: the Complete list of Interviews
...Continued at the Chinua Achebe Foundation Blog
28) Professor Babatunde (Babs) Fafunwa in Conversation with Toluwanimi Olujimi and Professor Okey Ndibe
27) Professor Bolanle Awe in Conversation with Toluwanimi Olujimi
26) Archbishop AJV Obinna in Conversation with Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

Ozodi Osuji Lectures on Nigeria's Politics: 1-30

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:27:27 -0500

by Ozodi Thomas Osuji, Ph.D. (Seatle, Washington) --- Here is the list of “ The Ozodi Thomas Osuji Lectures on the 45 anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence.”

1) Introduction: Why Study Politics?
2) Nigeria’s Political Culture
3) Nigeria’s Political Socialization
4) Political Ideologies and Nigeria
5) Nigeria and Capitalist Political Economy

Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu in Conversation with Pini Jason

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:53:09 -0500

by Pini Jason (Chinua Achebe Foundation) --- Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu had a conversation with Pini Jason a columnist for Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper, Associate Editor of New African, London (1987-2004), author of A Familiar Road, and publisher/Editor-in-Chief of The Examiner newspaper. Mr. Jason has several years of experience in major Nigerian newspapers as well as international publications. The full interview is published in the BNW Magazine. Click here to continue reading Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu in Conversation with Pini Jason.

WIC: "World Igbo Congress'" 11th Annual Jamboree in Los Angeles, California: Of Winners, Losers, and the Demise of Igbo Culture

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:18:44 -0500

by Nnamdi N. Nwuda (Upland, California) --- Before the abominable "cha cha cha Igbo Kwenu!" many of the women could be heard demanding to be given the Kola Nut. Some of the women were being addressed as "Chiefs," even though they had no husbands that anyone could see. Tufiakwa!

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