Articles by Chidi Igwe

Happy New Year 2025!
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 31, 2024 | 156 Views | 0 Comments
Dear Members of the Igbo Studies Association,
As we bid farewell to 2024 and embrace the exciting possibilities of 2025, I extend my sincerest greetings to each of you.
This past year …

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 24, 2024 | 177 Views | 0 Comments
On behalf of the Igbo Studies Association, I extend my warmest wishes to you and your loved ones this festive season.
As we celebrate Christmas, may the spirit of love, unity, …

TRIBUTE TO FLORENCE ONYEBUCHI “BUCHI” EMECHETA
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 137 Views | 0 Comments
Profession: Novelist, Children’s Literature Writer, Playwright, Sociologist, Educator, Essayist, Womanist. Awards: Jock Campbell Award for The Slave Girl in 1978. Member, British Home Secretary’s Advisory Council on Race, in the …

THE LEADER OF THE BIAFRA REVOLUTION PASSES ON
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 130 Views | 0 Comments
PRESS RELEASE
March 16th 2012
Chukwumeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933 to 2011)
The Leader of the Biafra Revolution Passes On
Chukwumeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933 to 2011) passed away on Saturday …

2009 ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 143 Views | 0 Comments
The Igbo Studies Association (ISA) Endowment Committee was authorized at the November 14, 2008 ISA meeting in Chicago, upon acceptance of Prof. Ernest Uwazie’s proposal, to explore the feasibility …
Media Coverage of 2018 ISA International Conference
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 167 Views | 0 Comments
- Daylight News: http://daylight.ng/us-agog-as-igbo-studies-association-holds-16th-annual-international-conference/
- Yes Magazine: http://theyesng.com/2018/07/05/16th-annual-international-conference-and-meeting-of-igbo-studies-association-dominican-university-usa-holds-may-10-12-2018/
- Vanguard: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/us-agog-as-igbo-studies-association-holds-16th-confab/
- Metro Watch Online: http://metrowatchonline.com/us-agog-as-igbo-studies-association-holds-16th-annual-intl-confab/
- The Eagle Online: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/us-agog-as-igbo-studies-association-holds-international-conference/
- Samurahh.com: http://www.samurahh.com/2018/07/pomp-as-igbo-studies-association-us.html
- QED.ng: https://www.qed.ng/igbo-studies-association-holds-16th-annual-conference-in-us/#.W4rE-S2ZO_J
- News Express: http://www.newsexpressngr.com/news/59061

The 22nd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 228 Views | 1 Comments
Theme: Culture and Human Capital: Opportunities and Challenges
Format: Hybrid (In person and Zoom)
Location: Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date: May 14-17, 2025
Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2025
About the Conference
Culture, understood …

Did we miss your paper?
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 157 Views | 0 Comments
Dear Colleagues,
We are in the final laps of our preparation for the conference on May 11 -13, 2023.
I believe I am fully up to date now. I have responded to …

ISA 2023 Hybrid Conference - Please confirm attendance before April 16, 2023
By Chidi Igwe
Published on December 22, 2024 | 163 Views | 0 Comments
Dear Colleagues,
The 2023 Conference of the Igbo Studies Association is just one month away. It will be held at Dominican University from May 11th to 13th. This year's conference will …