Released: April 20th, 2015

The 13th Annual Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) was held at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, from April 8th to 12th, 2015, with the theme: Oganihu Igbo: Strategies for Igbo Development. The conference was attended by scholars from universities and tertiary institutions, youth leaders, leaders of community organizations, media personnel, clergy, and professionals from the United States, Canada, Nigeria and South Africa.

The conference opened with a special plenary roundtable session focussing on the 2015 elections in Nigeria and how the outcomes of the 2015 elections would affect the Igbo and development in Igbo land.

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March 23, 2015

Ndi ISA,

Ekele dịrị ụnụ. Ọ bụrụ mụ onwe m nnukwute ihe obi añụrị iweputere ụnụ agba nke abụọ nke akwụkwọ mgbasa ozi ndị Igbo Studies Association (ISA).

N’afọ 2014, anyị hiwere usoro ibipute akwụkwọ mgbasa ozi nke anyị kpọrọ ISA Newsletter na bekee. E bum n’obi ya bụ inye ndị ISA ọtụtụ uzọ dị iche iche ga-eme ka ọha n’eze mata ntọala, atụmatụ, na nnyocha ha na-eme na mahadum, yana ebe ndị ọzọ dị iche iche ha na-alụ ọlụ. Ekele m na-agara mmadụ niile gbara mbọ maka ịhụ n’anyị wetere ụnụ agba nke mbụ nke akwụkwọ mgbasa ozi a, n’ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 2014.

Obi dị m ụtọ ibiputere ụnụ agba nke izizi ISA Newsletter nke afọ 2015. N’abga nke mbụ a, ụnụ na-enwete ụdịrị ozi dị iche iche. Anyị wetere ụnụ ozi maka akwụkwọ dị iche iche ndị otu anyị biputere ọhụrụ. Ụnụ ga-agụ edemede maka atụmatụ, yana ihe nnyocha dị iche iche ndị otu anyị na-eme n’ebe dị iche iche. E nwere ihe E.C. Ejiogu dere maka otu ọchịchị Mohammadu Buhari siri megbu ndị Igbo. Jonathan Chimakonam dere maka ochịchị n’ala Igbo. Kelechi Isiodu na-akọwa mkpa ọ dị ịna-ebipute akwụkwọ m’ọ bụ ịna-edegharị akwụkwọ n’asụsụ Igbo. Victor Williamson dere maka nyocha ọ naeme banyere iji Igbo na Yoruba ede ihe n’ama saịba.

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Okey Ndibe is the author of the novels Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain, and co-editor (with Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove) of Writers Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa. Janet Maslin of the New York Times as well as Philadelphia Inquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Mosaic magazine named Foreign Gods, Inc. one of the 10 best books of 2014.

The novel was also included in National Public Radio’s list of best books of 2014. Ndibe earned MFA and PhD degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has taught at Brown University in Providence, RI, Trinity College in Hartford, CT (where the student newspaper named him one of 15 professors students should take classes with before graduating), Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, MA (where he won a new faculty teaching award), Connecticut College in New London, CT (where the student newspaper included him on a list of “five outstanding professors”), and the University of Lagos (as a Fulbright scholar).

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November 8, 2014

Dear Members,

I am delighted to introduce the first edition of ISA Newsletter! I hope your semester is going well. I wish you the best for the rest of the academic year!

I hope that you will enjoy this maiden issue of ISA Newsletter, which aims to keep you abreast of important issue and events concerning the association as well as our members. The current issue includes interesting articles, research reports and other activities by our members. The success of the newsletter will depend on your contributions in the forms of short articles and commentaries. We will also appreciate your comments and suggestions for future issues.

The ISA executive is proud to announce that a committee has been set up to work out the modalities for the establishment of an ISA book prize/award. Dr Raphael Njoku is leading the committee and we expect that the initiative will be approved at the next annual general meeting.

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