Professor Ernest Nneji Emenyonu: The Voice That Traced Igbo Literature Back to 1857

Professor Ernest N. Emenyonu at a library. Source: Igbostudies.org. “Okwu bụ ndụ.” (Words are life). The old proverb could well summarise Emenyonu’s life's work. To him, literature was not simply art; it was history, language, and identity woven together like the intricate threads of akwete cloth. From Umuahia to the World Born…

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Fredrick Nnabuenyi Ugonna: Guardian of Igbo Heritage

In the heart of Africa, where words carry rhythm and wisdom, stood Fredrick Nnabuenyi Ugonna, a man whose life became a testament to the saying, “A na-amụta asụsụ n’ụlọ ka e wee mara onye bụ onye” (One learns language at home to know where they come from). He was not just a linguist…

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Sierra Leonean Igbo: The Legacy of Africanus Horton and the Forgotten Sons of the Diaspora

In the 19th century, long before independence movements swept across Africa, a quiet revolution began in the port city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The revolution wasn’t of guns and battles, but of minds, minds determined to prove that Africans were capable of governing, reasoning, and leading their own destiny. Among those minds was Africanus Beale…

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