The 5th Annual International Igbo Conference: Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures
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Date: 1 April 2016Time: 10:00 AM
Finishes: 2 April 2016Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: Brunei Gallery Room: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Type of Event: Conference
The Annual Igbo Conference has carved out a unique space, serving as a bridge between the community and academia. In the last five years, the conference has created discussions and interrogations amongst contributors from all over the world and given rise to interactive sessions, lectures, paper presentations, master-classes and workshops, films, choral performances, traditional dances and masquerades.The theme for the 5th Annual International Igbo Conference is Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures. This conference will create a platform for discussions exploring how Igbo culture has been influenced by and influences other cultures. It seeks to complicate perceptions of 'what is Igbo' through examining the diversity amongst the Igbo at 'home', abroad and in digital spaces.
Registration
Registration is now open and tickets can be purchased at a discounted rate until March 1st.
Registration must be completed online via Eventbrite
Preliminary Conference Schedule
Friday 1st April
| 10:00 | Open Discussion on Igbo Language Fusion: The Case of ‘Ingiligbo’ (English & Igbo) |
| 11:00 | Conference Welcome |
| 11:15 | Panel: Igbo Cultural Expressions Chair: Nathan Edward Richards (University of Sussex) Chimzulum Ezigbo (Independent) ‘Your Name is your Logo’ Chinyere Ukpokolo (University of Ibadan) ‘The Fusion of the ‘Old’ and the ‘New’: The Cultural Reconstruction of Iwaji Festival in Igbo-ukwu, Southeast Nigeria’ Israel Meriomame Wekpe (University of Leeds) & Owens Patricia Eromosele (University of Benin) An Act of Re-Dressing the Igbo/Ibo Play Yvonne Mbanefo (LearnIgboNow.Com) ‘Igbo Attire and its Influences’ |
| 13:00 | Lunch in the Brunei Suite |
| 14:00 | Featured Speaker: Sabine Jell-Bahlsen 'Efuru at 50; The Dialectics of Flora Nwapa' |
| 15:00 | Roundtable: ‘Efuru at 50’ featuring Afrikult (Zaahida Nalumoso, Marcelle Mateki Akita and Henry Brefo) |
| 16:00 | Break |
| 16:30 | Screening: 'Fantastic Man' - A Film About William Onyeabor |
| 17:00 |
Roundtable: Reflections on the Music of William Onyeabor Chair: Ini Dele-Adedeji (SOAS) Featuring: DJ Blox (Kanene Dieobi), Chris Odili, DJ Abass (Abass Tijani), Emeka Keazor |
| 18:30 |
Break |
| 19:00 |
Keynote: Obi Okigbo (Christopher Okigbo Foundation) 'MBARI - the everlasting cycle of BirthDeath and Regeneration' |
| 20:00 |
Close of day one |
Saturday 2nd April
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:15 | Panel: Igbo Identity and the Location of ‘Home’
Chair: China Anya (SOAS) Louisa Uchum Egbunike (MMU/SOAS) 'Onye Ije' and the Politics of Migration in the Igbo-Nigerian Novel Chinyere Ukpokolo (University of Ibadan) ‘Constructing ‘Home’ when ‘Abroad’: Otu Umunna Social formation and the Construction of Igbo Identity in Southwest University, Nigeria’ Ini Dele-Adedeji (SOAS) ‘The quest for Igbo self-identification and self-determination as a facet of Nigeria’s growing pains’ |
| 12:00 | Featured Speaker: Nky Iweka 'Fusion: Of Life, Food & Identity' |
| 13:00 | Lunch in the Brunei Suite |
| 14:00 |
Panel: Fusion in Igbo Beliefs and Practises Chair: Selwyn Cudjoe (Wellesley College) Chikwendu Anyanwu (Independent) 'Communality in Christianity and Igbo belief system' Uchenna Oyali (Universität Bayreuth) ‘Bible translation and the expansion of concepts in Igbo’ Nathan Richards (University of Sussex) ‘Digitising the Esoteric: Refracting Traditions of the Masquerade’ |
| 15:45 | Book launch: 'Igbo-English Children’s Dictionary' by Yvonne Mbanefo |
| 16:15 | Break |
| 16:45 | Keynote: Wangui wa Goro (Sidensi) 'Translation as fusion in global Igbo/African pasts and futures' |
| 17:45 | Reflections on the Igbo Experience in Britain: A Discussion on Fostering - TY Chijioke in Conversation with Clive Obianyor |
| 19:00 | Break |
| 19:20 | Screening: The House of Nwapa directed by Onyeka Nwelue |
| 20:15 | Conference close |
Enquiries
For more information on the event please visit the Igbo Conference website or contact le7@soas.ac.uk.
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Organiser: The Igbo Conference
Contact email: le7@soas.ac.uk