Meet Amarachi Attamah, Igbo Chant Performer, Now Appointed As An Igbo Language Instructor At Harvard & Yale University

It gives us great joy to report about the noble height and international decoration of our sister Amarachi Attamah, who is a Griot, Igbo Chant Performer, Speaker, Language and Cultural Heritage Curator, Igbo Culture Consultant, Mother-Tongue Advocate, and Festival Manager.

In a recent announcement on Twitter, Amarachi Attamah expressed excitement over her new positions at Harvard and Yale – prestigious international universities, where she will be teaching the Igbo language.

In her words, she said: “I am excited to share the beginning of another incredible journey. This spring, I will be the Igbo language instructor in the African Languages Program (ALP), in the Department of African and African American Studies, @Harvard University.”

“The Harvard’s ALP is one of the largest language programs in the world having taught over 45 African languages.”

“This spring, I am also the Igbo instructor in the Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) program at the Yale Center for Language Study, @Yale University.”

“Igbo instructor at two Ivy leagues. Mụ bụ Amarachi. Chai!

Aka Chukwu dị ya.”

“I am humbled and encouraged by the awesome recommendations that opened these paths, and the amazing support of Ọmarịcha Di m. Unu emee.”

I am excited to share the beginning of another incredible journey.

This spring, I will be the Igbo language instructor in the African Languages Program (ALP), in the Department of African and African American Studies, @Harvard University.
The Harvard’s ALP is one of the largest… pic.twitter.com/XYTDeS3Q3n

— Amarachi Attamah (@amarachiattamah) January 23, 2024

Asusu Igbo (the Igbo language) has been predicted to be extinct in a few decades. A UNESCO report in 2006 added the Igbo language to some of the languages that would go extinct in 50 years. This report was received by Ndi Igbo with great displeasure, and in what seemed like a grasp for air from Ana mmuo, our ancestors sent forth brave voices who would protect and project the Igbo language, to give it a deserved new life. Amarachi Attamah was one of such brave voices who championed the course of the revival of Asusu Igbo. With her powerful chants and performances, she drew the attention of the world to the power and beauty of the Igbo language. Today, she remains unshaken in her quest to see the Igbo language on the world map, where it should stand – shoulder to shoulder with the leading languages of the world, maka na Ndi Igbo bu Oke Mba.

Amarachi Attamah’s new positions at Harvard University and Yale are a win for the entire Igbo race, and it is worth celebrating by all Ndi Igbo, home and abroad.

To those who always asked her: Eji asusu Igbo eje ebe

(Where will the Igbo language lead you to?), hope you can now appreciate the power of the Igbo language, culture, and heritage? Hope you now see that she walks tall, just as Ndi ichie had designed it from the start of her journey?

To those who promote and support the preservation of Asusu na Omenala Igbo, I say may our noble ancestors keep you, and elevate you to greater heights, that our noble race, through you, may be placed at our position in the commonwealth of nations.

This Article Was Written By Chuka Nduneseokwu, Editor-In-Chief, of Voice Of The Sun

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