Event overview
Bomiegha Ayomoto: Maintaining cultural identities through language: A case study of Ijaw
This study will focus on the Ijaw speaking communities within Nigeria and in diaspora. The Izons are the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Though, Nigeria has about 450 linguistically spoken languages of which three are the major recognised languages: Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa while English remains the medium of transactions and communication (Lingua Franca and official language). Lagos State is a cosmopolitan commercial centre, people tend to come from different regions in search for better lives there and unconsciously their language (Yoruba). In essence, people of the minor languages/dialects incline to speak and communicate often in one of the major languages. This puts a strain on the speakers of the languages of the other ethnic groups leading to an adoption of one of the three recognised languages. Furthermore, these people usually speak Pidgin to themselves as way of belonging to these communities or for fluency in communication.
The findings from this inquiry are based on life experiences and narratives told by the Ijaw-speaking people of Nigeria who reside in Nigeria and diaspora (United Kingdom, Canada and USA).
Bomiegha Ayomoto was born in Lagos Nigeria and her passion for education brought her to England where she is also embracing other cultures. Now she is a second year PhD student in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths and a freelance Further Education teacher in Child Care and Health and Social Care. She has achieved the status of Associate fellow of Higher Education.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 18 Nov 2014 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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