Straight Talk with Chukwudi Obi

Sunnyblac Barring any last minute changes,  all is now set for the launch of the book,  "Igbo Ekulie" a classic collection of Igbo proverbs written by Mazi Marcel Duru. According to a statement by the author and national PRO Imo State University Alumni Association,  Mazi Marcel Duru, keynote speaker for the event will be Professor Nathan Uzoma while the event will take place on December 27,  2018 at Rockview hotels Owerri, IMO state and will see many Igbo sons and  come together to celebrate the 226 page book which has 2822  Igbo p roverbs, arranged in alphabetical order. The forward, the author said,  was written by Associate Professor Chigozie Bright Nnabuihe of Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos Nigeria. In an interview, the author and PR consultant spoke about his motivation,  passion to keep the Igbo language alive and drive to ensure the language does not go extinct. "My motivation started eight y...

Femi Fani-Kayode "O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! Let the chains of subjugation be broken, let the yoke of slavery be shattered and let the shackles of servitude fall.  For the voices of your ancestors and your dead are calling. The voices of your slaughtered children wail, scream and screech through the night and they shed whimpering and pitiful tears through the day. They call for justice and vengeance that their souls may be appeased and that they may find peace and eternal rest. For they were slaughtered in their millions by the barbarians and infidels and they were butchered like cattle in the sanctity and privacy of their churches and homes. They cry for Biafra. They cry for the land of the rising sun.  They cry for the memory of the fallen and those that stood like men to defend their honor. They cry for the pitiful souls of the chidren yet unborn. Heed their cry and honor their sacrifice. Forget not the land of the rising sun. Forget not Biafra. Forge...

Build up to the 59th session of Commission on Status on Women, the Women & Family Affairs Committee, (WFAC) of the World Igbo Congress Inc.  Texas USA, has said it has concluded arrangements to hold its Pre-Union Nations Comission on Status of Women Grassroots Conference at Umuahia, the Abia state capital. According to organizers of the programme, the theme of the event, “Evaluating Beijing Platform for Action on Igbo Women and Girls”, will review progress made in the twelve critical areas of concern of the Beijin Declaration and Platform for Action on Igbo Women and Girls and address key issues in terms of opportunities and challenges in implementing the platform for action as well as best practices to strengthen the empowerment of Igbo women and girls. A statement jointly signed by WIC UN Rep and Program Director, WFAC, Dr. Ada Okika, National Coordinator, WFAC, Princess Bernadette Ogbulafor, Chairman WFAC, Chi Ezekwueche, Iyom Odiukonamba and Coordinator of Res...