I’m a huge language nerd, and one of my biggest regrets is losing the Yoruba I learned a child living in Lagos, so I’m super excited about an app that lets me show off a little to my Yoruba friends.
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If you already speak English and are too lazy to learn Igbo but have Igbo friends, relatives, or enemies and would like to communicate..
Memorise these ten essential Igbo phrases and everyone will think you know how to speak Igbo even if you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
Remember back in 2010 when I began designing a new Nsibidi-based writing system for Igbo? I worked on it for a while and then..
The Language Challenge was so much fun! If you haven’t seen the entries, or don’t know what I’m talking about, I advise you check..
Suo Beke by sugabelly (Sorry there’s some repetition. I don’t know what went wrong with the soundcloud player)Igbo: Ndi Yanki na kpam amu. Otue..
Here are the rules: 1. It DOES NOT MATTER how well you can speak your language. The goal is to speak regardless. So don’t..
So one of my pet peeves is the fact that many Nigerians (and especially Igbo Nigerians) refuse to speak their language in public. Being..
A lot of people might be surprised that this is coming from me of all people but I just have to say it. As..
I just got back from the African Film Festival in Brooklyn. It was totally amazing. I bought tickets for the shorts at the Brooklyn..
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Thanks for this collection! I knew some but some were a discovery. Dalu rinne :)
N choro nsogbu. See me see trouble is not an Igbo expression. The closest you can get is nekwanu nsogbu.
I'm a little late but thank you for this post. I also have a little question to ask. How do I use the word "nsogbu"? Like
Fantastic idea. For years I have worried about the use of Igbo language dwindling so much that it'll hardly be spoken at all in future. […]
Agree that it's wrong to look-down on prostitute. I, too, use to take a dim view of prostitution until I used one's services. In my mid-late […]