growing up, my dad never spoke Igbo fluently to us. my mom, although a northerner but could also speak Igbo(about 3 dialects), never did so too.
it was with the help of my grandma from Ibusa, Delta, that i and my siblings got to understand Igbo and learned to speak the little we do, alongside odinani(she was a core practitioner), before she passed away.
moving forward, we’ve managed to learn independently and make research on our own and i intend going harder there.
while i will be making efforts to do so and make myself better at preserving the igbo culture; heritage, history, and most importantly, language…i have vowed to occasionally support in any way i can, and contribute to narratives, ideas and activities, that would make igbo be fully adopted by Igbos in diaspora and to ultimately uphold asusu igbo.
and you are one of the few people i trust to do it best…
to start with, I’d be making a donation of #150,000 to this course.
kindly send your deets, nwanna. igbo amaka. 🪶
congratulations!
here’s a few advice as someone who owns tricycles too.
* create a strong relationship with the drivers. relate with them wella so when them fok up and you wanna deal with them, it would be justified that you were nice to them and they had no reason to wrong you.
* if you wanna establish it, do it somewhere close to where you stay- you will understand why later.
* the union in that particular area, treat them well too and meet their boss. maybe gift him wine and subsequently, a little token and they’d take your tricycles as theirs and make sure returns come in complete.
* If it’s on the basis of remittance, take out 3-5k initial amount to be remitted for a start and make them pay 3k-5k lesser(you can increase it back after 2-3 months or thereabout)
* don’t give keke to someone with no responsibilities. target people who their family depend on, married with a kid or two, etc.
* be mad, please be mad and be ready to turn on that switch at any given point in time.