In this episode I had so much fun chatting to Ifunanya Nwanonyiri.

Raised in the U.S, Ifunanya did not grow up speaking Igbo but had a curiosity to learn about the culture, and was super conscious of where she is from.

Ifunanya is a student studying for her doctorate in Physical Therapy.

In spite of her busy schedule, she recently started a Podcast called “Oji Abiala Igbo Podcast”. In Igbo “Oji Abiala” means The kola nut is here.

The podcast is a play on several things. In her words the kola nut can only be blessed in Igbo so the podcast is a call to action to celebrate and keep the Igbo culture alive. So you can already tell Ifunanya is an inspiring young woman after my own heart, I just knew we would get along.

The podcast documents her journey in learning the language and she invites her listeners to learn along with her.

 

You can listen to the Igbo Podcast on 

1. Apple Podcasts

2. Spotify

3. Soundcloud

4. Anchor

We discuss the best way to learn the language and the reason we should not use the excuse that there are so many dialects in the Igbo language, as an excuse not to learn.

We also have fun testing out our skills and we exchange pleasantries in Igbo.

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