Group promotes Igbo culture with virtual conference

 

The annual International Igbo Conference, in partnership with The Centre for African Studies, SOAS, University of London, aimed at promoting the study of Igbo language, culture and heritage within the UK and beyond, is set to hold a virtual conference.

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 Ala-Igbo by learning from history and trans-Atlantic slave trade / enslaved Igbo people. Other 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.