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Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by seunny4lif(m): 9:26pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Can someone pls summary the story ![]() ![]() Too long as if am read novel Ooh Igbo story again ![]() 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by lepasharon(f): 9:27pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55: Are you a conehead? 3 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 9:28pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
lepasharon:I am a flattie with a brain. 3 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Afam4eva(m): 9:28pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
freecocoa:It's not about prioritizing. Parents should understand that kids will always pick up English since that it what's the language of instruction in schools. There's a need to put in more effort to teach them Igbo because they may not have the opportunity to learn it elsewhere. 5 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by lepasharon(f): 9:28pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55:Keep disgracing urself npama 2 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by MichaelSokoto(m): 9:28pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
wandeay:Gbam-gbaaaaaam! ogbeni, 4 ya safety, better put on ya anti-afonja curse armor now cos em biafraudists gor use u chop dat dia okpa dis nite. ![]() ![]() buh wetin concern me? *sits back on sofa, grabs popcorn & remote to press play 4 d show to begin* ![]() 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Daniel058(m): 9:29pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Who local language don epp, |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 9:29pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
lepasharon:Really? How did i disgrace myself, woman? |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Nobody: 9:30pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
musicwriter:I am so glad your post is on fp! |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by lepasharon(f): 9:34pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55: Ur comment on igbo language |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Fedayeen02: 9:35pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Ishilove:what is your native tongue? |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Nobody: 9:40pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
lepasharon:you are an atheist right? You obviously cant be a happy person, ever. |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Immanueladebol(m): 9:42pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Hmm!
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Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by yomalex(m): 9:42pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
musicwriter:maybe if you consider that the events he described happened in the 1960's 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Fedayeen02: 9:43pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
I grew up in a village in Anambra and i found out that there was this clash of tongues btw my English and Igbo which we call Ngirigbo I just knew that at the right time i will perfect my tenses and when i was ready i took up reading novels and watching foreign movies which went a long way to boost my speech and eliminate the mixing of igbo and English in my speech. I still speak Ngirigbo today for the fun of it and i can proudly say that my kid is very fluent in igbo language today 7 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Handsomecole(m): 9:43pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Her cas was similar to mine also. Growing up as a kid whilst my parents converse in Igbo we the children were prevented from speaking it only English Language. Although atimes they sent us errands using Igbo but even in the village we were prevented from speaking Igbo. Not until I got into the University. Due to my zeal, Love and willingness to learn and speak Igbo I mixed up with other Igbo students who came from the South east to schl in the west, soon I started speaking even contested and became the General secretary for the Igbo students, so I was challenged to improve . Long Live the Igbo Culture. "Igbo Amaka" 10 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 9:44pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
lepasharon:I am not wrong na. The igbo language would be the first to disintegrate. Evey indices points to it. The UN even made a study about it. Go to lagos and see thousands of igbo children speaking ngbatii-ngbatii. Igbo parents nowadays wants their kids speaking the queen's english like a deranged lunatic and detest any mention of the igbo language in the home. While igbo single men and women who are increasingly getting to married to other ethnics fail to impress their culture on their kids and so lose their children to the other culture. It is rampant nowadays. An example that can you relate to is that of peter okoye's kids. The kids attended a cultural day in their school in yoruba agbada while their surname clearly spells okoye. Everybody shrugged it off like it is nothing, but i know it is a growing phenomenon that can be very dangerous. It is a subtle psychological attack on igbo consciousness. It is a shame, i know , but it is the truth. And i love the truth. 8 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by WINNERMENTALITY: 9:48pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Thats how my Aunty never spoke Igbo to her children and today all of them are shy among their own relatives.. Her first daughter married a yorouba, second Edo, the third one, they said that one MUST marry an igbo.. Some parent dont know that stuff like this do hunt their children role in associating with people in later years... MY children whether am living in china,calgary,Lagos, they must be able to speak igbo at the age of 5. Even though i marry a non igbo, my children must learn igbo as their first language. 5 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Nobody: 9:48pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
This must be a very rare case, because most Igbo families and parents I know prefer their children speaking Igbo than English |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Emperormartin(m): 9:49pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
At least this generation can start the revolution of speaking local languages especially at home. The generation before us as we can see failed wolfly!!! 3 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 9:52pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
WINNERMENTALITY:[b]The highlighted is one of the major reasons why the igbo language is dying. The women are the custodians of the culture everywhere and when the young women are lost enmass to other strange cultures, it can be very dangerous. We are going to see the effect of all these inter-tribal marriages in the next 50 years. I love inter-tribal marriage, but not at the expense of my beautiful igbo language and culture. 2 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by freecocoa(f): 9:55pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Afam4eva:They don't need no extra effort to teach a language spoken in the house, if you speak it to them, they'll learn it easily. If anything, English is what you should get them classes for, because it is a much more complex language 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 9:55pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Afam4eva:Brilliant submission 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Ugosample(m): 9:57pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55: You are talking rubbish.... Polish people, or let me say children of polish, and even Czech people don't speak Czech/Polish (most of them) yet their language is still spoken in Czech and Poland... Why did I say this ![]() Because as long as Igbo is still spoken in Igbo land, Igbo cannot go extinct..... Where trouble will start is when in the whole of the SE, NOBODY speaks Igbo Anymore.... As for Igbo children out of Igbo land, what do you expect? 2 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by WINNERMENTALITY: 9:59pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55:True, igbo Language is dying and i sense it too. Do you know children growing up in igbo land are being punished for speaking igbo at school. Me personally was punished because of same case, that was 15 years back... The goverment should help control that evil believe creeping in most of all this private school that believe speaking English language properly is proportional to high IQ.. that is wrong, very wrong. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 9:59pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
freecocoa:There is nothing complex about the English, unless you are going to study english as a course. The igbo language and indeed most african languages are far complex. Even french and spanish are far complex than the english language. Anybody can learn the english. That is why it is the most spoken on earth. It is easy to learn . 2 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 10:03pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
WINNERMENTALITY:Idiotts that is what they are all. When you come to europe and America and see how half igbo kids are actually striving to learn the igbo language- a language that they will most likely never need or use, then you will realize how pathetically slow and short-sighted igbo parents and states in Nigeria actually are. Dumb fuccks. 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by Nobody: 10:04pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55: calm down!! The way you carry issues very far self. Its quite natural for a person to imbibe the language and culture of the environment he/she grows up in. Doesn't mean his native language is dying. Igbo is still the very much alive. Every child born and bred in igboland speaks fluent Igbo. And I know many born and raised outside Igboland under strict Igbo parents who speak their native tongue just as well. Igbos are naturally adventurous and mobile and many raise children outside Igboland, who naturally grow up with knowledge of the local language and a smattering of their own native tongues learnt either from their parents or by their own efforts. The result is that many Igbo's are multilingual in Nigerian languages. Infact, you're most likely to find people who can speak virtually the three major languages in Nigeria ONLY AMONG THE IGBOS 4 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by cstr55: 10:08pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Ugosample:.But the language is gradually been eroded in the homeland. The schools now see speaking igbo language as a sign of unsophistication and illiteracy, and kids are punished for it. That can never happen in any European country including czech republic. And most European countries, btw, don't speak English as a first language in their schools which is where the next generation is bred. I know it is a problem of Nigerians to see the big picture, but trust me, it is already happening. The igbo language is dying. 4 Likes |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by rafabenitez: 10:10pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Tricia ur parents are a disgrace,they are a let down to hardworking igbo parents,the disgrace they made u go through will be on them,so shall other parents too who refuse their wards/children from speaking their mother tongues.FAILED PARENTS. |
Re: How I Was Banned From Speaking Igbo - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani by bi0nics: 10:11pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
cstr55: I thought that was Mandarin? |
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