(Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo, Okowaokwu Igbo Umuaka: Igbo Dictionary for Children [L0ndon: Learn Igbo Now, 2016], 308pp, £10.00pb, £6.99 kindle/Euro 13.72pb, Euro 7.73 kindle/US$14.00pb, US$8.62 kindle)
(Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo: Okowaokwu Igbo Umuaka: Igbo Dictionary for Children)
Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo has won numerous
awards for her contributions to Igbo language learning. She is one of the
organisers of the Annual International Igbo conference at the School of Oriental
and African Studies, University of London. Mbanefo is a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy, United Kingdom. She is a digital strategist and director at
a London based IT firm. She is trained in digital media, information design,
and elearning. She has done extensive research in the use of both digital and
traditional media in modern language learning. In her spare time she uses her
digital and information design skills to create Igbo language learning
materials at www.LearnIgboNow.com.
Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo is the kind of writer or going to the down a lexicographer that use to sing and dance by the words. She can makes you see, touch, hear, and delve into the treasure island of Igbo language. Thanks. I urge everyone with an interest in Igbo language to buy and read the book. Chinua Achebe the deceased once called Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "....Adichie came almost completely made" if he is alive he could have called Yvonne with the same alphabets as Adichie.
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