Mr. Jason Njoku, Nigerian-French base Entrepreneur, has asked his followers and Igbo people in general if not speaking the language or hearing it makes him less Igbo native.
Jason, founder of Iroko TV, recalled he attended Azara Egbelu Boys and Emmanuel College, Owerri, Imo State at the age of 13-17, during that time, his Igbo brothers (and cousins) basically called “him a bastard everyday”.
“I am proudly Igbo yet don’t speak or hear Igbo. Does that make me less Igbo? I’ve been to Igbo land maybe 4 times in the last 10 years? Does that make me less Igbo? Many speak of fatherland. I have never met my father. Does that free me of the obligations of my ‘fathers’.
“I have lived and I think some would say managed in Nigeria for 9 years, No Igbo. No Yoruba, No Hausa. I don’t even speak Pidgin. But now I’m a slave. My colonial masters have brainwashed me. Okay. I accept. You are all right.
“My kids don’t know their English names. They are Obi, Kaego and Nnenna. But they’l regret not learning Igbo? Do we even think anymore? I just wanted to see what the reaction was going to be. 40m+ people speak Igbo. The language is never going to die. Please calm down now.
“From 13-17 I spent that time in Owerri. I attended Azara Egbelu Boys and Emmanuel College. Those Igbo brothers (and cousins) basically called me a bastard everyday.
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