Enugu – An Octogenarian and writer, Prof Anezi Okoro has expressed fears about the Igbo language going extinct in the hands of the present generation.
Okoro, 89, made the disclosure at an end of year party organised by the Coal City Literary Forum (CCLF) in Enugu on Wednesday.
The octogenarian, who is also the first dermatologist in West Africa regretted that parents of these days no longer communicate with their children in Igbo language.
The author of `One Week, One Trouble’ noted that parents also frowned at the language being spoken to their children by others.
According to him, in our time, the language was the safest means of communication when one found themselves in the midst of strangers.
Okoro, also the board chairman of the forum, used the occasion to announce the publication of his book entitled, `Akuko Ufodu Shakespeare Koro’ a translation of 10 William Shakespeare’s stories in Igbo language.
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