8th Annual Igbo Conference
The Igbo Arts and Its Intersections: Politics, Spirituality and Justice
Conference Schedule
*** Please note that the venues for the conference are as follows
12th April : UCL (University College London), (Lecture Theatre XLG1, Christopher Ingold building, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ)
13th April : SOAS, University of London (Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG)
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Organisers: The Igbo Conference, in association with Centre of African Studies, SOAS, University of London, UCL ans City, University of London.
Main Sponsor : Facebook Inc.
Friday 12th April, VENUE: UCL (University College London)
There will be two tours of the UCL Igbo Artefacts Collection lasting 30 Minutes at 11:00 & 11:30. Sign up available at registration. Limited space so on a first come, first serve basis.
9:45 Registration & Igbo Artefact Tours sign up
10:00 Parallel Sessions:
Igbo Language Workshop led by Yvonne Mbanefo (Learn Igbo Now) (30 mins, at 10:00 & 10:30)
Facebook Community Engagement Workshop led by Nathan Byrd (Facebook) (30 mins, at 10:00 & 10:30)
11:15 Welcome Address
11:30 Panel: The Igbo Arts: Political and Religious Institutions
Israel Meriomame (University of Leeds) Conflicting Issues in Re/Playing Shakespeare: A Study of Ahmed Yerima’s Otaelo
Obiakor Ethel Ebere (Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education)& Onuora Ngozi Theresa(Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo) Igbo Ancestor-Ship and Christian Sainthood: The Bigotry
Chukwuka Udemezue Retracing the Roots and Impact of Azikiwe’s Pan-Africanist Politics
Ike Anya Obu in Abiriba society: home of art, justice, lawmaking and spirituality
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Film Screening: DAUGHTERS OF IGBO WOMAN followed by a Q&A with producer Ros Martin
15:30 Panel: Reimagining theContemporary Igbo Arts
Chikwendu Anyanwu (Holy Ghost College, Owerri) Igbo Dance and Symbolism in Politics
Amarachi Attamah (OJA Cultural Development Initiative) Using Performance and Festivals in Promoting Igbo language and culture.
Yvonne Mbanefo (Agụ Media) Tomorrow’s Voices: Challenges and Opportunities for Igbo Language Arts
Chiadikobi Nwaubani (Ụ́kpụ́rụ́ Blog): The Double Consciousness of “Traditional”: Beyond Victoriana
Emeka Keazor (Alto History Media) The Ọzọ and Ọdụ Titles and their Regalia
17:15 Break
17:45 Keynote: Ola Uduku (Manchester/Manchester Metropolitan University), “Na ngwa nụ, n’ike nụ, nnọ’nụ…”: Exploring Art Cultures and Performance in Igbo Land
Storytelling Session: Igbo Folktales by Iroko Theatre
18:45 Film Excerpt & Discussion: (Re)visioning Biafra through the Arts: Postproduction discussion on Remembering Biafra through film
Nathan Edward Richards (Sussex) & Louisa Uchum Egbunike (City, University of London)
19:30 Performance: Felicity Okolo – Otuto Ugo (Ode to an Eagle)
Amarachi Attamah – Ajụjụ na omimi Igbo
19:45 Day One Closing Remarks
Saturday 13th April, VENUE: SOAS, University of London (Brunei Lecture Theatre)
9:45 Registration
10:00 Conference Welcome, day 2
10:15 Featured Speaker: Sabine Jell-Bahlsen (independent) Women and Igbo Masquerade; Observations by a Foreign Female Anthropologist in Nigeria
10:50 In Conversation: Obi Egbuna: Writer and Activist
Louisa Uchum Egbunike (City, University of London) & Kelly Foster (University of Chichester)
11:45 Featured Speaker: Iheanyi Onwuegbucha (Centre of Contemporary Arts, Lagos) From Mbari to Igwe bu Ike: Communality and Igbo Art
12:20 Performance: Felicity Okolo: Enenebe ejeghị ọlụ (One who people stare at and forget to go to work)
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Lunchtime Book Launch: Surviving Biafra: A Nigerwife’s Story by Elizabeth Bird & Rosina Umelo
14:00 Tribute: Hassan Aliyu Tribute to Okwii Enwezor
14:10 In Conversation: Igbo Spirituality in Contemporary Nigeria
Emeka Keazor, in conversation with Nnaedozie Umeh
15:00 Performance: Igbo Masquerade
15:30 Keynote: Ernest N. Emenyonu (University of Michigan-Flint), ‘The Interface of Igbo Literature and Music: Remembering the legendary Israel Nwaoba Njemanze (1922 – 1955)’
16:30 Break
17:00 Performance:
Amarachi Attamah Ofufe
17:30 Film Screening: screening of Iko Ndụ: The Palmwine Story followed by a Q&A with the producer Kosi Nwoba
19:00 Conference Closing Remarks 19:15 Performance by Emeka Keazor & Phil Dawson : Medley of Igbo Folk and Highlife Music
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Organisers: The Igbo Conference, in association with Centre of African Studies, SOAS, University of London, UCL and City, University of London.