Panel 22: Music, Visual Arts, Film, Social Media, Cyber Crime

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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021
Panel 22: Igbo Language, Acquisition, and Pedagogy (1)
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 am (Lagos, Nigeria Time)
Time: 3:00 am – 5:00 am (Central Time, USA and Canada)
Venue: Zoom (Reserve a seat and you will receive meeting ID and password by email closer to the start of the panel)
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Scheduled Papers/Presentations

1. Akwukwo Komiki n’Asusu Igbo: Usoro iji Kwalite Mmuta Edemede na Agumagu n’Igbo Ngwangwa, Emejulu, Obiajulu, National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN), Aba, Abia State; Okeogu, Chidimma, Department of Translation and French Studies, National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN), Aba, Abia State; Bitz, Michael, New Jersey.

2. Advocating for the Igbo Cultural Heritage through Visual Arts, Onyebuchi-Igbokwe, Grace Chizoma, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri. 

3. Mbari in Contemporary Igbo Art Culture: Fossil or Phoenix? Opara, John Kelechi, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. 

4. Contemporary Igbo Popular Music and Nurture: Flavour’s Music, Forchu, Ijeoma Iruka, Department of Music/Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. 

5. Creativity and Entertainment as an Ideology of Social Regeneration in Post-Civil War Igboland, 1970- 1979, Ifekwe, Bernard Steiner, Department of History and International Studies, University of Uyo, Nigeria. 

6. Revivifying Writing Culture in Igbo Language in the Era of Digital Media: The Role of Social Media Platforms, Ikwubuzo, Iwu, Department of Linguistics, African & Asian Studies, University of Lagos.