Three Male Writers Selected for 2022 Ebedi International Writers Residency (Article) - 6/5/2022 12:03:52 PM
Congratulations to you all for this honor and a chance to write for a month unencumbered by the worries of daily living. May you also spur each other to write better by your collaboration with one another.
Ron
Behind Chukwuemeka Ike, Tributes Rain Amidst Encomium (Article) - 1/28/2020 1:42:35 PM
A wonderful tribute to your esteemed Prof Chukwuemeka with accolades from so many other literary figures who reveled in his accomplishment and gentle rule. Gives new meaning to the old phrase, "The king is dead, long live the king!" I believe that the memory, particularly through his books, of the groundbreaking life of Prof Chukwuemeka will live in the hearts and minds of Nigerian people for a very, very long time.
Ron
Say No To Igbo Extinction (Article) - 3/23/2018 7:52:19 AM
I'm sorry, but I had difficulty with the smaller print and, especially dense format without paragraphs that I had to stop reading all of it. Still, your article is written quite well and brings up a subject that many indigenous people around the world are struggling with.
Pax Britannica was the period of relative peace between the Great Powers during which the British Empire became the global hegemonic power and adopted the role of a global police force. Under its influence, English became the language of commerce. Every tribe (and country) throughout the world began to adapt English in order to engage in this lucrative commerce. Since the initial settlements of the original 13 colonies were mostly English, English became the language of the United States of America. With the entire continent of Australia also English and only South and Central America speaking Spanish, English became worldwide, the language to learn as a second language for many.
So, with each generation, more indigenous languages like Igbo are being cast aside for English. French was once the required language of diplomacy and there have even have been attempts at universal languages encompassing mostly European languages, English, Spanish and French (Esperanza?) that have basically failed.
People like yourself, interested in saving your tribe's language, should be at the forefront in placing this language on the Internet permanently through foundations, museums, and courses, including both written examples and many YouTube examples of how the language is spoken so that it never will be completely erased from those Igbo descendents like yourself who want it to remain.
Post all of your articles, stories and books in both languages.
Ron
FOR IFY ON MAMA IFY (Poetry) - 3/22/2024 11:37:00 AM
What a beautiful tribute to Ma Caroline! So beautifully and creatively written.
Ron
Love Nwantịntị —A Special Valentine Poetry Collection (Poetry) - 2/16/2022 7:29:28 AM
A noble effort and a great collaboration. I'm not sure what the word, Nwantịntị, means in English, but I'm sure that it has special meaning in its language of origin. I don't think it is the longest love poem, but it is wrong and that is okay. The way that it has been developed over years suggests that maybe much longer.
Love has no boundaries when it comes to expression. I agree that buying something for someone on Valentine's Day pales in the face of original words on paper. May love continue to inspire poetry as long as love exists.
Ron
Africa Where Are Thy Powers? (Poetry) - 5/30/2020 11:13:29 AM
A fitting call for action from the continent you love. Your people have been so maligned for so long that it will be difficult to transition into the 21st-century without the help of Whites. But there is brilliance among you. The son of one of your brilliant men became the president of the United States. A stately, and accomplished man who will continue to do many good deeds for the world in the years come.
Yes, arise Africa. Show your brilliance and your ability to overcome little problems like the current virus that has taken hold of the people of the world and laid them low until a cure is found or they will go.
Ron
Africa Where Are Thy Powers? (Poetry) - 5/28/2020 11:32:12 PM
What's happening in Africa now is written in the Bible. Such a sad thing to see so much famine and suffering. God help us! Amen
Young Nigerian Writers Launch New Movement and Projects Against Covid-19 (Poetry) - 4/26/2020 8:10:54 AM
Not a poem but a worthy cause. Just so that writers do not spread word of unproven medications that may be harmful in the long run. There is nothing uplifting about suffering from the loss of breath and being on a ventilator as a cure that may or may not end in death.
But on these pages I see a poetry related to the changing lifestyle requiring social distancing and brief periods of quarantine. My poem, Mask, has received some attention.
Ron
I, the Reincarnate of Okonkwo. Poem By Marcel Ike Okonkwọ (Poetry) - 1/1/2020 7:23:42 AM
A very deep and insightful poem. Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year and have a happy and healthy New Year filled with love and blessings from above! 💝!
IJELE (A Poem By David +Nedu Okpokwasili) (Poetry) - 11/23/2019 2:23:53 PM
I'm not sure what the power of this "Ijele" is, but according to your poem the Ijele certainly does command the scene. And I believe your countrymen know better than I what you are writing about in this well-crafted poem.
Ron
Agụụ (Hunger) (Poetry) - 9/29/2019 1:20:57 PM
Thank you Mr. Ronald, for commenting. It is really on the increase. But the developed countries still have roles to play in assisting these poor African countries. And the poets are not left out on this.
Agụụ (Hunger) (Poetry) - 9/29/2019 10:51:15 AM
I cannot read, but I noticed that Agụụ or Hunger is repeated many times, because it is at the heart of what you are emphasizing by repetition. The plight of the poor countries in Africa and around the world is increasing. A combination of too many children born and increasing drought and floods, the early signs of global warming, is leading to conflicts and migrations stressing food sources everywhere, but hitting the poorest the most. If a poem can change the people and make them see a way to a better life, I hope this one can.
Ron
Ehi Igbo (Poetry) - 8/8/2019 12:37:38 AM
You're are not far from it, Ronald.
As said in description, the poem 'Ehi Igbo' poetically defines and adores the Igbo specie of cow.
Thank you for reading Sir.
Ehi Igbo (Poetry) - 8/7/2019 9:23:16 AM
I wish I could read your language. From the photograph, in English, I believe the Ehi Igbo, you are writing about is the Holstein. My grandmother had dairy cows, and she preferred the Guernsey because it gave higher butterfat content milk.
Ron
