Igbo Daily Drops
A Diaspora Identity Podcast rooted in Igbo language.
In under 10 minutes a day, Igbo Daily Drops blends practical Igbo, cultural scholarship, and identity reflection to help the Igbo diaspora — and those reclaiming Nigerian roots — reconnect with language, lineage, and belonging. A daily homecoming, built for the future.
Episodes
9 episodes
The Number on Your Tongue — Afọ
In today's drop, we follow Amaka — a mother in Bristol who knows her son's age but cannot say it in Igbo — and learn the three sentences that close the gap between knowing and speaking.Key proverb: Ogologo abụghị na nwa m etol...
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Episode 3
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The Question That Finds You — Onye Ebee Ka Ị Bụ?
The most important question in Igbo culture is not "Where do you live?" It is "Onye ebee ka ị bụ?" — Where are you from? In this episode, we follow Adaọma — 26, born in Antwerp, standing in her father's compound in Awka for the first time — as ...
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The Emergence — Ị bọọla chi?
There are two ways to say "good morning" in Igbo. One is functional. The other is an ancient inquiry into the state of your soul. In this series premiere, we meet Chioma — nineteen, born in London — standing in her grandmother's compound in Owe...
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Episode 1
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The First Step: Unity is Dignity (Day 5)
"Ka anyị bido." Let us begin. In the Igbo world, the most significant things are never started alone.In this final episode of Foundation Week: The Emergence, Yvonne Mbanefo completes the preparation of the soil. We move fro...
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The Courage to Ask: A Father’s Promise (Day 4)
Across Africa, we say that when an elder dies, a whole library burns. But what if the seeds of that library are still alive?In this deeply personal Foundation Week episode of Igbo Daily Drops, I honour my father, Chief Richard N...
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The Sacred Soil (Day 3)
In the Igbo world, the ground beneath your feet is not just dirt. It is Ala — the red earth, the soil of our ancestors, and the most powerful deity in Igbo cosmology.Today we explore the sacred ritual of Ili Alọ (umbilical cord burial) a...
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Your Name is a Cultural GPS (Day 2)
Show Notes Your name is not just a label; it is a premeditated venture. In this episode, Yvonne Mbanefo explains why your Igbo name acts as a Cultural GPS, pointing to the dialect, geography, and highest hopes of your ...
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