The 5th Annual Igbo Conference IGBO FUSIONS 2016 - London (Apr 1st & 2nd)

EVENT

The 5th Annual Igbo Conference

IGBO FUSIONS - Past, Present and Futures

DATES

Fri, 1st and Sat 2nd, April, 2016

VENUE

The Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre,

SOAS, University of London

London, WC1H 0XG

'An event exploring how Igbo culture has been influenced by and influences other cultures'

SESSIONS COVER THE FOLLOWING

The politics of identifying as Igbo

Transracial fostering of Igbo children in Britain

Igbo music and its influences

Igbo attire and its influences 

Igbo language fusion: The case of 'Ingiligbo'

Fusions in rituals, religious practices and belief systems

& more

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PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Friday 1st April

10:00 am Open Discussion on Igbo Language Fusion: The Case of ‘Ingiligbo’ (English & Igbo)

11:00 am Conference Welcome

11:15 am 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’

1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Featured Speaker: Sabine Jell-Bahlsen Efuru at 50; The Dialectics of Flora Nwapa

3:00 pm Roundtable: ‘Efuru at 50’ featuring Afrikult (Zaahida Nalumoso, Marcelle Mateki Akita & Henry Brefo)

4:00 pm Break

4:30 pm Screening: 'Fantastic Man' - A Film About William Onyeabor

5:00 pm 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

6:30 pm Break

7:00 pm Keynote: Obi Okigbo (Christopher Okigbo Foundation) MBARI - the everlasting cycle of Birth Death and Regeneration

8:00 pm Close of day one

Saturday 2nd April

10:00 am Welcome

10:15 am Panel: Igbo Identity and the Location of ‘Home’

Chair: China Anya (SOAS)

Solomon Sunday Duru (Imo State University) & N. Johnson Nwosu (Imo State University) The 
Margins of Igbo Identities and the Politics of Identifying as Igbo
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 pm Featured Speaker: Nky Iweka Fusion: Of Life, Food & Identity

1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm 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’

3:45 pm Launch of Yvonne Mbanefo’s Igbo-English Children’s Dictionary

4:15 pm Break

4:45 pm Keynote: Wangui wa Goro (Sidensi) Translation as fusion in global Igbo/African pasts and futures

5:45 pm Reflections on the Igbo Experience in Britain: A Discussion on Fostering - TY Chijioke in Conversation with Clive Obianyor

7:00 pm Break

7:20 pm Screening: The House of Nwapa directed by Onyeka Nwelue

8:15 pm Conference close

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