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CONVERSATIONAL IGBO LANGUAGE + CULTURE LESSONS (LONDON)
LONDON (ages: 17 – 35)
This September Okwu ID are offering a 4 week short course which will aim to teach you Igbo in a fun and relaxed way.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
The standalone classes will be centred around a single topic and students will be taught words, phrases and dialogue that can be used in everyday conversation.
Topics include:
- Greetings + Introductions
- Family
- Food
- Travel
Students will be given a chance to practice and develop skills focusing on listening and speaking (some reading and writing will be taught too!).
Each class will feature a 15-20 min talk on aspects of Igbo culture ranging from the importance of the Oji (Kola Nut) to Igbo folklore.
Specific dates, location and costs are yet to be confirmed.
To register interest, please fill form below:
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5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BIAFRA-NIGERIA WAR
5 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BIAFRA-NIGERIA WAR
60s Rock-Legend Jimi Hendrix at the height of his career in 1968 performed at a Biafra war benefit show in Manhattan along with 60s folk singer Joan Baez. Both artists performed free of charge in order to raise money for refugees of the Biafra-Nigeria Civil war. Photo Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix chat between acts at a Biafran Relief Benefit. https://www.theguardian.com
The Biafran side largely engineered and manufactured their own weaponry. They received only non-political Joint Church Aid assistance. Nigeria, on the other hand was aided by both Russia (then the Soviet Union), and the North-Atlantic Alliance (particularly Nigeria’s former colonial master, Britain)—as well as by much of Muslim North Africa, with Egyptian pilots flying Russian-made MIGs against the breakaway enclave which had no air force of its own.
https://www.jstor.org/
During the war between 500,000 3,000,000 refugees fled the county.
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