1. One can only suppose that the smiths at Igbo Ukwu enjoyed demonstrating their virtuosity.

2. Its splicing of English with Igbo rhythms, stories and proverbs was revelatory.

3. Otherwise, through the procession of Igbo culture fall apart, the essay tend to explain what and why happened in the conflict and collision between native culture and foreign culture.

4. The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods.

5. Nevertheless, he manages to capture the rhythm of the Igbo language and he integrates Igbo vocabulary into the narrative.

6. He is careful to portray the complex, advanced social institutions and artistic traditions of Igbo culture prior to its contact with Europeans.

7. It is a position that he has, broadly, stuck to, although he also points out that some of his best poetry has been first written in Igbo.

8. I was surprised and gratified to find the respectable number of Wikipedia articles in Igbo, my father tongue.