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Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by influenz: 10:45am On Oct 26, 2017
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson, Nigerian hip hop artist based in the United States, has said one of his goals is to be fluent in Igbo.

The Classic Man, as he is fondly known, said he once took a class in the US to get a good grip of the language.

Jidenna made this known on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the Heineken Live Your Music press briefing in Lagos.

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“I speak Igbo a little but not the way I wish. I actually took a class when I was in the US to speak more fluently and Aunty Ifeoma, God bless her, was just excited that we were there and she went so slow that at the end of the semester, we didn’t get anywhere,” he said.

“One of my goals is to be fluent so I actually hired a teacher recently to Skype with me so I can learn on the road so hopefully one year from now, I’ll be much more fluent than I am now.”

The 32-year-old singer said he does not have a sound of his own yet.

According to Jidenna, his sound, a combination of his “favourite” genres, is still evolving.

Jidenna5

“I still don’t think that the music I have released thus far is the artiste in me, I mean it’s not my sound yet. I have not crafted it,” he said.

“I’m so excited about the new album I’m working on, it combines all my favourite music; juju, reggae, dancehall, highlife, soul, R&B, hip-hop.

“My foundation was in hip-hop but influenced by other sounds. When I was growing up in Nigeria, Bob Marley was like the biggest god so him and Fela were my biggest heroes when I was a kid.

“I stir all that together and try to make music but I don’t think it has all that at the same time but now I have figured out the formula.

“I listen to a lot of highlife of the late 60s and early 70s. Juju music, Sunny Ade, Sunny Okosun and then the newer people from Wizkid, Tiwa, Tekno to Sarkodie.”

https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/jidenna-learning-to-speak-igbo/

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by mazimee(m): 10:45am On Oct 26, 2017
Nwafor ka I bu

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by greatmarshall(m): 10:46am On Oct 26, 2017
Correct guy...

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by IgboGoat: 10:54am On Oct 26, 2017
mynd44
lalasticlala
seun

abeg make una send this to the promise land.

Jidenna representing wella

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by VoltageDivida(m): 10:57am On Oct 26, 2017
I am proud of the way you are proud of your roots. Wish I could be that proud of Nigeria.


Btw,

My major problem right now is that my school has refused to mobilize me for service this year.

Kucha God is watching you

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by adadike281(f): 10:59am On Oct 26, 2017
That's good. Going back to ur root. If u see me, u Call me onye Igbo!.

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Secretgis: 12:32pm On Oct 26, 2017
I get dustbin wey i wan throw wey...lady gaga pulls another one she goes out braless see what this man did to her on street [url=]http://newzpotter..com.ng/2017/10/lady-gaga-puts-on-very-sexy-display-as.html?m=1[/url]
Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by sukkot: 12:32pm On Oct 26, 2017
and ? do you want a hug ?

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by watchwoman(f): 12:32pm On Oct 26, 2017
Very good, we should preserve our culture at all cost.

Thumps up to him, he is so proud of his roots.

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Flexherbal(m): 12:33pm On Oct 26, 2017
Ok.

There is No knowledge that is not useful.
Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by superior494(m): 12:33pm On Oct 26, 2017
good one



check my signature for your professional business plan

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by hucienda: 12:33pm On Oct 26, 2017
Roots.

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by pansophist(m): 12:34pm On Oct 26, 2017
Impressive Ikenna, you got my respect.

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Franzinni: 12:34pm On Oct 26, 2017
One Biafran that I can respect ....his chest is still normal not like the ones on nairaland with chest bent out of shape from too much beating ...

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Nobody: 12:34pm On Oct 26, 2017
Ok
Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by motun2017(f): 12:34pm On Oct 26, 2017
o jebi. ti o ba take e se emi ni ma take e tele?

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by mmsen: 12:35pm On Oct 26, 2017
watchwoman:
Very good, we should preserve our culture at all cost.

At all costs?

Isn't that one of the major problems with African countries as a whole? The desire to keep hold of beliefs and customs that have no place in the 21st century and in many instances are actively dangerous.

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Tbillz(m): 12:35pm On Oct 26, 2017
If say our leader leads right, Invest in the future, play the right cards n discourage looting "Obama for claim Kenyan-Nigerian born" cus Nigeria has every touch of greatness. But for now the damage is done, the giant becomes the ant, meat sellers feeding on bones, the future of youths played alongside politics.
Question 1; what do we gain from 1 Nigeria?

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Pavore9: 12:36pm On Oct 26, 2017
While some who haven't gone near an airport feel embarrassed having their children speak their mother tongue!

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Pappyto: 12:37pm On Oct 26, 2017
OK
Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by kinnlive(m): 12:38pm On Oct 26, 2017
Nwanne m

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by psychologist(m): 12:38pm On Oct 26, 2017
VoltageDivida:
I am proud of the way you are proud of your roots. Wish I could be that proud of Nigeria.


Btw,

My major problem right now is that my school has refused to mobilize me for service this year.

Kucha God is watching you
This is the 76th time you have said the bolded

What can seeun do for you?

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by greencard: 12:39pm On Oct 26, 2017
Thank God he didn't say He is Biafra


He knew his onus.. No successful person associate himself with............ grin

Proud Nigerian son..like Leon Balogun like jidenna

Singing****
Girl your love e no deh do me
I deh want u plenty plenty
and I need u plenty plenty
And a little bit mooore grin

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Nobody: 12:39pm On Oct 26, 2017
O God, pls let me meet dis guy one day, he is like a breath of fresh air
Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by iSlayer: 12:40pm On Oct 26, 2017
Igboness is a spirit that can never leave you. It is a spirit of excellence: Just yesterday on the front page there was a news of an Igbo lass from Enugu who made 9 straight A's in WAEC,thats what I'm talking about! Also,Igboness is a spirit that makes sure the Igbo culture and heritage lives on: By teaching our beautiful kids about who we are and where we come from.

Igbo - God's own people.

Ndi Igbo mmamma nu!!!

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by buffalowings: 12:40pm On Oct 26, 2017
He's a classic man grin
Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Naziridamos: 12:40pm On Oct 26, 2017
Kpiimmm!!

Kkiimmm!!

4 u cool

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by watchwoman(f): 12:40pm On Oct 26, 2017
mmsen:


At all costs?

Isn't that one of the major problems with African countries as a whole? The desire to keep hold of beliefs and customs that have no place in the 21st century and in many instances are actively dangerous.
I actually mean the language and those aspects of our culture that are not repugnant to natural justice Equity and good conscience .

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Adeyinka12(m): 12:42pm On Oct 26, 2017
haaaahaaa lol....
lost tribe is using money to by there language back.
later they will said Lagos assembly are sectional for promoting Yoruba language .
what a shame to them

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by superpauL(m): 12:46pm On Oct 26, 2017
influenz:
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson, Nigerian hip hop artist based in the United States, has said one of his goals is to be fluent in Igbo.

The Classic Man, as he is fondly known, said he once took a class in the US to get a good grip of the language.

Jidenna made this known on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the Heineken Live Your Music press briefing in Lagos.

Jidenna9

“I speak Igbo a little but not the way I wish. I actually took a class when I was in the US to speak more fluently and Aunty Ifeoma, God bless her, was just excited that we were there and she went so slow that at the end of the semester, we didn’t get anywhere,” he said.

“One of my goals is to be fluent so I actually hired a teacher recently to Skype with me so I can learn on the road so hopefully one year from now, I’ll be much more fluent than I am now.”

The 32-year-old singer said he does not have a sound of his own yet.

According to Jidenna, his sound, a combination of his “favourite” genres, is still evolving.

Jidenna5

“I still don’t think that the music I have released thus far is the artiste in me, I mean it’s not my sound yet. I have not crafted it,” he said.

“I’m so excited about the new album I’m working on, it combines all my favourite music; juju, reggae, dancehall, highlife, soul, R&B, hip-hop.

“My foundation was in hip-hop but influenced by other sounds. When I was growing up in Nigeria, Bob Marley was like the biggest god so him and Fela were my biggest heroes when I was a kid.

“I stir all that together and try to make music but I don’t think it has all that at the same time but now I have figured out the formula.

“I listen to a lot of highlife of the late 60s and early 70s. Juju music, Sunny Ade, Sunny Okosun and then the newer people from Wizkid, Tiwa, Tekno to Sarkodie.”

https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/jidenna-learning-to-speak-igbo/
you wanna be fluent in Ibo then listen to asadebe, morroco, flavour, phyno and Co...
not the Yoruba shits u listed above.

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Nobody: 12:46pm On Oct 26, 2017
[s]
Adeyinka12:
haaaahaaa lol....
lost tribe is using money to by there language back.
later they will said Lagos assembly are sectional for promoting Yoruba language .
what a shame to them
[/s]
Mumu boy
You lack sense

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Re: Jidenna: I Took A Class In The US To Speak Igbo More Fluently by Leez(m): 12:47pm On Oct 26, 2017
greencard:
Thank God he didn't say He is Biafra

He knew his onus.. No successful person associate himself with............ grin
Proud Nigerian son..like Leon Balogun like jidenna
Singing**** Girl your life e no deh do me I deh want u plenty plenty and I need u plenty plenty And a little bit mooore grin
Are u serious??

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