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.

Are The Ikwerre Igbo Or Not? Therefore, the Ikwerre are a distinct tribe in Rivers state. If going by the 1999 census, the Ik­werre are the largest ethnic tribe in Rivers state as constituted to­day, ...

They wore native Nigerian attire, the men in senator shirts and the women in boubous and headgear fanning out like giant halos. The choir broke into an Igbo hymn, helmed by a sonorous voice belonging ...

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 ...

Worried by the seeming disappearance of Igbo language among the youths, a non-governmental group, the Pinacle Organisation, led by Mrs. Charity Edochie Okoli, has initiated a two-day event to ...

Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike, a Nigerian indigenous rapper better known as Phyno, has explained why he raps in his native Igbo dialect. He stated that he began his career rapping in English but ...

Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, is to introduce the Igbo language as a compulsory course in the second year. The news was announced at the 6th edition of the Igbo (Uturu) Cultural ...

“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.” Published 1994 in "The Paris Review' here are excerpts of the interview. He begins with an explanation of what inspired/pushed him to start writing ...

I must commend our author, Loolo Florence Chinyere Duru, for her deep interest in the Igbo language and its proverbs. Proverbs are the wisdom of a people in a nutshell. Complex stories and situations ...