The first book in Igbo language (Isoama-Ibo: A Primer) was written by a Yoruba man, the first African Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809 — 1891) in 1857. The book had 17 pages, with the Igbo alphabets, words, phrases, sentence patterns, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments and translations of the first chapters of Matthew's Gospel.

In 1882, Crowther also wrote the "Vocabulary of the Ibo Language", the first comprehensive dictionary in Igbo.

Crowther, a descendant of King Abiodun, an Alaafin of the Oyo Empire, was the grandfather (through his second daughter, Abigail Crowther) of Herbert Olayinka Macaulay (1864 — 1946), founder of Nigeria's first political party, whose father, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1826 — 1878), founded the first secondary school in Nigeria in 1859. #HistoryVille

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OP u can't even type "Igbo" correctly and you want me to believe that?

lol

Na so

Op were you there? if no don't copy and paste (Google) Igbo mmama nu.

Kingdollar28:
OP u can't even type "Igbo" correctly and you want me to believe that?

Kontinue... Instead of you to learn... Oya spell 'igbo' for us...

Yet they will speak ill of the Yoruba's as well as attributing loquacious to one of their features.Kwantinu.

Kingdollar28:
OP u can't even type "Igbo" correctly and you want me to believe that?

I'm an Igbo.



op is very correct!.

History is ur friend.

OP, Well done!! But I must tell you that the first Igbo Book is OMENUKO, it was written by PITA NWANAA (A core Igbo Man) in 1933, it has fourteen chapters(14).
The analysis for the chapters are thus;

Chapter One
The start of Omenuko's trading business

Chapter Two
What Omenuko did when he reached home

Chapter Three
The flight of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Four
Omenuko's life at Ndi Mgborogwu

Chapter Five
Mgborogwu's will

Chapter Six
The reign of Chief Omenuko in the land of the Mgborogwu people

Chapter Seven
The moving of the residence of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Eight
Concerning the people Omenuko sold

Chapter Nine
Omenuko longs to return to his native land

Chapter Ten
The reconciliation of Omenuko and our people

Chapter Eleven
The building of the houses of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Twelve
Omenuko's advancement to paramount chief, and the opposition of the other chiefs

Chapter Thirteen
The final conspiracy

Chapter Fourteen
The return of Omenuko and his brothers to our village

Chapter Fifteen
Omenuko's life in our village.

This book was further translated to other languages of which French is inclusive.

Please do not mislead the public with falsified information.

JAtoms:
OP, Well done!! But I must tell you that the first Igbo Book is OMENUKO, it was written by PITA NWANAA (A core Igbo Man) in 1933, it has fourteen chapters(14).
The analysis for the chapters are thus;

Chapter One
The start of Omenuko's trading business

Chapter Two
What Omenuko did when he reached home

Chapter Three
The flight of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Four
Omenuko's life at Ndi Mgborogwu

Chapter Five
Mgborogwu's will

Chapter Six
The reign of Chief Omenuko in the land of the Mgborogwu people

Chapter Seven
The moving of the residence of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Eight
Concerning the people Omenuko sold

Chapter Nine
Omenuko longs to return to his native land

Chapter Ten
The reconciliation of Omenuko and our people

Chapter Eleven
The building of the houses of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Twelve
Omenuko's advancement to paramount chief, and the opposition of the other chiefs

Chapter Thirteen
The final conspiracy

Chapter Fourteen
The return of Omenuko and his brothers to our village

Chapter Fifteen
Omenuko's life in our village.

This book was further translated to other languages of which French is inclusive.

Please do not mislead the public with falsified information.

MODIFIED: SEE MY NEXT POST DOWN

Thanks...

oldfoolnigger:
I'm an Igbo.



op is very correct!.

History is ur friend.

Thanks for the note...

JAtoms:
OP, Well done!! But I must tell you that the first Igbo Book is OMENUKO, it was written by PITA NWANAA (A core Igbo Man) in 1933, it has fourteen chapters(14).
The analysis for the chapters are thus;

Chapter One
The start of Omenuko's trading business

Chapter Two
What Omenuko did when he reached home

Chapter Three
The flight of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Four
Omenuko's life at Ndi Mgborogwu

Chapter Five
Mgborogwu's will

Chapter Six
The reign of Chief Omenuko in the land of the Mgborogwu people

Chapter Seven
The moving of the residence of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Eight
Concerning the people Omenuko sold

Chapter Nine
Omenuko longs to return to his native land

Chapter Ten
The reconciliation of Omenuko and our people

Chapter Eleven
The building of the houses of Omenuko and his brothers

Chapter Twelve
Omenuko's advancement to paramount chief, and the opposition of the other chiefs

Chapter Thirteen
The final conspiracy

Chapter Fourteen
The return of Omenuko and his brothers to our village

Chapter Fifteen
Omenuko's life in our village.

This book was further translated to other languages of which French is inclusive.

Please do not mislead the public with falsified information.

1882 to 1983, am I the only one who thinks there's a century difference? +1!

@ JAtoms - OP, Well done!! But I must tell you that the first Igbo Book is OMENUKO, it was written by PITA NWANAA (A core Igbo Man) in 1933, it has fourteen chapters(14).

This was infact THE FIRST NOVEL and not the first book

I think #HISTORYVILLE is write - the first book was

the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments and translations of the first chapters of Matthew's Gospel.

and written by Samuel Ajayi Crowther in 1857


Seun and Lalasticlala can you help out?

Thanks; learning is fun

Elkay3:


1882 to 1983, am I the only one who thinks there's a century difference? +1!

NOW I ALSO SEE THAT - 19th century compared to 20th century novel -

so what's the moral lession now? we should fry kanda

DOUBLEWAHALA:
so what's the moral lession now? we should fry kanda

The lesson is simple - IF THERE IS LOVE, LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER

saydfact:

The lesson is simple - IF THERE IS LOVE, LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER

LANGUAGE is not our problem our problem is RELIGION

And the first v.c of unibadan was an Igbo man, how about that

dreamwords:
And the first v.c of unibadan was an Igbo man, how about that

yea, he probably learnt how to read and write igbo using Ajayi Crowther's book.

kilojoDesigns:


yea, he probably learnt how to read and write igbo using Ajayi Crowther's book.

Am sure he now taught many other IGBO lectures who in turn taught men like Ambode, Tinubu, Fashola, even Former president of Ni**ria who is from Ogun State (I no kall name ooo)

JAtoms:

Am sure he now taught many other IGBO lectures who in turn taught men like Ambode, Tinubu, Fashola, even Former president of Ni**ria who is from Ogun State (I no kall name ooo)

lol probably true, why are you hashing out Nigeria. own your statements, that's how things get done.

Hmm

kilojoDesigns:


lol probably true, why are you hashing out Nigeria. own your statements, that's how things get done.

ask him.. lol