Are the Igbo Language and Culture Surviving in Diaspora?
As Paul Odili went on in his reporting to say: One contributor, who came in from the US, noted that over there children born to Igbo families are in complete ignorance of the language. He added that he was further alarmed when he discovered the malaise had spread to cities around the country in that parents do not encourage their wards to speak Igbo. Noting this ugly trend, the audience agreed that everything must be done to halt the decline. The use daily and constant correct use of Igbo Language by adults and children will not come to pass by magic. It will come only by determination, hard work and practice. The practice will come only by way of individual decisions and resolutions to speak the Igbo Language even to foreigners, and keeping to it. Ndi Igbo are the first to drop their language and to speak in the language that the visitors or foreigners among them would understand. Foreigners, in their own situations overcome this problem by applying simultaneous interpretation. But Nd
