Language and music are essential for humans. Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires using voluntarily produced symbols. Language is a complex structure…
Background Information on Igbo Highlife Artists All the highlife exponents of Igbo did not attend various universities where they studied Igbo before making use of it in songs and thereby…
Intoduction Oliver De Coque is a big name. No African could say he or she does not know Oliver De Coque. The Musical Maestro and King of Highlife. Oliver made…
Introduction Owu is the form of masquerade predominant in Imo and Rivers States, although Ekpo is equally popular in the area as well (mmawu is more predominant in Northern Igbo)…
What is the significance of a feather on a red cap in Igbo cultural society? First, this is not ordinary feather but that of an eagle (Ugo) Ugo is the…
Let me usher this discourse by first clearing the air that the Igbo presently in Kogi State are not migrants. The places they settled had been their ancestral lands and…
Aba Ụnọ is a beautiful community operating a monarchical system of leadership and as well as ụmụnna system. It is a town situated in Anịọcha South Local Government Area of…
The man in the picture below, Igwe Walter Amobi, birthed the Amobi dynasty which dominated the traditional rulership of Ogidi throughout the 20th century. Walter Kwọchaka was born in the…
Introduction Professor Nolue Emenanjo was the man who influenced the Igbo nation in all spheres of life. First, he made the Igbo language recognizable. Nolue Emenanjo is synonymous with Igbo…
Thompson Oranu was the most populous Igbo love musical singer in the 90s. The love and joyous melodies emanating from his songs strengthened the love and affection of the young…
