Igbo Daily Drops

About Igbo Daily Drops

Learn to speak Igbo in 10 minutes a day — and understand the culture and worldview behind every word. Igbo Daily Drops is a daily Igbo language and culture podcast hosted by Igbo educator and TED Global speaker Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo. Every episode gives you conversational Igbo you can use straight away, grounded in the proverbs, stories and scholarship that make the language make sense. EVERY EPISODE (about 10 minutes) - Ilu – a proverb and what it means for life today - Story Scene – a story drawn from across the eras of Igbo life, from precolonial Igboland through the colonial encounter to the present day - Scholar's Spark – one insight from Igbo studies books, academic journals and peer-reviewed research - 3 Sentences – everyday Igbo phrases to say out loud right away EVERY WEEK - Speaking Practice – the week's 15 essential sentences, slowly and clearly - Omnibus – all five episodes in one continuous listen - Free workbook – download yours at learnigbonow.com WHO IT'S FOR Diaspora adults reconnecting with their roots. Parents raising Igbo-speaking children. Non-Igbo spouses and partners. Anyone who loves the culture. Complete beginners are welcome, and if you understand Igbo but have never felt confident speaking it, this podcast was made for you. YOUR HOST Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo is a Heritage Futurist, Igbo language educator and cultural consultant. She is the author of the Amazon bestseller Igbo Dictionary for Children, co-founder of the Annual Igbo Conference at SOAS, University of London, a TED Global speaker, and cultural consultant on the award-winning film Equiano Stories. READY TO SPEAK, NOT JUST LISTEN? The Igbo Speaking Gym, our live speaking practice community, opens soon. Join the waitlist for founding-member access: learnigbonow.com Watch with full tone marks: youtube.com/@LearnIgbo For your children: youtube.com/@LearnIgboforKids FOR INSTITUTIONS Igbo Daily Drops is also a growing archive of Igbo intangible cultural heritage, documenting proverbs, oral traditions and social practices and passing them on to the next generation of speakers. Museums, universities, schools, heritage bodies and film/TV productions: episodes, transcripts and teaching materials are available for partnership and licensing via learnigbonow.com. Created in honour of Chief Richard Neife Tagbo and Lolo Mary Joan "Molly" Tagbo, and every generation who carried this language before us. Our mission: 10,000 new Igbo speakers in one year. Every sentence you learn is a drop, and every drop feeds Oké Osimiri Mmụta Igbo, the Ocean of Igbo Knowledge. Follow now and start your journey home. Igbo bụ Igbo.

Publisher

Yvonne Mbanefo

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Feb 2026

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

242 episodes in the feed.

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   9 Oct 2026

   Learn Igbo: Giving Directions — Two Colours of Water | Igbo Daily Drops (S3 E170) Week 34

   At dawn on Oguta Lake, a 71-year-old pilot greets the goddess of the water and gives her grandson the route, one turn at a time. His GPS is right, and it is no help at all. In this episode of Igbo Daily Drops, you'll learn 3 multi-step direction phrases, from "go straight until" to "stop in front of that house", using the connectors ruo, wee, mgbe and emesịa. Oguta Lake in Imo State is the home of Ogbuide (Uhamiri), the lake goddess, and the place where the brown Orashi meets the lake's c...

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   8 Oct 2026

   Learn Igbo: Saying "Between" — The Middle of the Line | Igbo Daily Drops (S3 E169) Week 34

   A nineteen-year-old from Udi is told to walk in the middle of the line, and in the Burmese jungle he learns what the middle is for. In this episode of Igbo Daily Drops, you'll learn 3 position phrases — how to place yourself, someone you love, and your home between two others. February 1944. Private Nnanna of the 81st (West Africa) Division carries a head-load through the Kaladan Valley, while his father digs coal for the same Crown at Enugu. This episode documents the forgotten Igbo and ...

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   7 Oct 2026

   Learn Igbo: Giving Directions — The Road That Outlived the Map | Igbo Daily Drops (S3 E168) Week 34

   A woman in Gabon has never walked the road home, but she has recited it every night for fifty-seven years. In this episode of Igbo Daily Drops, you'll learn 3 direction-giving phrases — the sentences that walk someone to your door using landmarks, not maps. In 1969, Ijeoma was seven when she was flown out of Uli during the Biafran war. Tonight her grand-niece stands in that same village, following directions memorised by a child. This episode documents Igbo spatial knowledge as intangible...

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