Group promotion of Igbo culture with virtual conference begins today

To uphold the people’s way of life, the annual international Igbo Conference, in partnership with The Centre for African studies, SOAS, University of London is set to hold a virtual conference.

The aim of the forum is for discovering the Igbo culture, language and heritage.
The annual Igbo conference is geared towards promoting the study of Igbo language and culture within the UK and beyond.

It also seeks to bring academics and members of the Igbo community together for the purpose of knowledge sharing and exchange. The 9th instalment of the conference was cancelled this year due to the pandemic.

To keep the conversation going, members of the public are invited to join the virtual symposium focusing on Disruptions: Breaks and Ruptures, slated for 17th-19th June 2020.

For the three days, a range of speakers will discuss significant moments of change for Igbo people, brought about by disruptive forces (both positive and negative). Conversations will engage with key historical events and changes in cultural practices, notions of identity and ways of seeing the world.

The event will cover topics like (but not restricted to): The Enugu Rangers Revolution (1970-1977); Disruptions as a result of the Nigeria – Biafra War;
Rebuilding Alaigbo by learning from History and Trans-atlantic slave trade / Enslaved Igbo people. Others areas to be examined are Climate Change in Igboland; Disruptions in information transfer and Storytelling ;African Futurism; Historical events and diverse innovations that have come about as a result of disruptions, as well as positive disruptors of Igbo origin and many more.

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