Talk:Igboland

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I'm sure it's very nice to have the tonal spelling, Àlà Ị̀gbò (all falling tones), but ideally this should be referenced to some kind of source, such as an Igbo dictionary. Such online dictionaries as are listed at Igbo language have no tonal diacritics, all they can confirm is that ala = "land" and Igbo = "Igbo". Please provide references for any Igbo language phrases you wish to introduce. --dab (𒁳) 12:20, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The article on Igboland is based so much on colonial sources such as William Balfour Baikie, who wrote about his travels in the 1850s. This was a time in which the European narratives of Africa people as undeveloped, unenlightened and primitive were firmly established in the sources of authors from that period. Surely we can do better to include sources from African and Igbo people describing their own homeland and culture. Harry585 (talk) 04:14, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]