Speak Igbo Academy presents
Speak Your First Real Igbo Conversation in Just 5 Days
Even if you do not speak a single word of Igbo today.
The First-ever live Igbo coaching challenge from Speak Igbo Academy, created to help you move from silence, fear, and confusion to speaking simple, real Igbo sentences with confidence.
Sụwanụ Igbo! Igbo Amaka!!
Live coaching • Beginner-safe • Start from zero • 5 days • 30–60 minutes/day
Benedette Ifeyinwa Nwoye-Okorie
Founder • Your Coach
What is at stake
The Price of Losing a Language
Language is more than words—it is identity, belonging, and access.
You may feel like a stranger in your own family.
You may miss the wisdom and blessings of your elders.
You may struggle to pass your heritage to your children.
You may lose cultural and professional opportunities.
The Question That Matters
Language does not become extinct overnight. It disappears gradually, one generation after another, when it is no longer spoken at home.
One day, your children may ask: “Why don't we speak Igbo?”
The answer depends on the choices we make today.
The Transformation
The Sụwanụ Igbo Book Series helps families move from disconnection to connection, from silence to confidence, and from language loss to language preservation.
Language is spiritual and identity. It is God's Given Gift. When a language lives, the people live. When a language dies, part of a people's identity dies with it.
Sụwanụ Igbo! Igbo Amaka!!
My Story
One Sentence Changed Everything
My husband was lying on his sick bed when he looked at me with pain in his eyes and said:
“Ụmụaka m adịghị asụ Igbo.”
“My children do not speak Igbo.”
Those words pierced my heart. At that moment, I realized we were not just losing words. We were losing identity, culture, family connection, and a sacred inheritance.
That pain became a promise. Today, that promise has become Speak Igbo Academy—a place where beginners, families, diaspora children, parents, spouses, and heritage learners can finally learn Igbo in a clear, loving, structured way.
A sacred inheritance
Language Is More Than Words
At Speak Igbo Academy, we believe language is more than a way to communicate. It is a gift from God that carries identity, culture, wisdom, and legacy.
Genesis 11 reminds us through the Tower of Babel that language shaped nations and communities.
Acts 2 shows at Pentecost that God used many languages so every listener could hear His message in their own language.
Ezekiel 37 reminds us that spoken words can bring hope, restoration, and renewal.
These accounts remind us that language is not merely vocabulary. It preserves identity, strengthens families, and carries life from one generation to another.
Think about speaking to your grandparents in the language of their heart—the language they grew up with, laughed in, prayed in, and used to pass on their wisdom. Let us hold on to this precious gift from God and pass it on with pride.
Sụwanụ Igbo! Igbo Amaka!!
Welcome
A Personal Welcome
Welcome Video
A personal message from Coach Benedette
Is this you?
If This Sounds Like You
You want to speak Igbo, but apps, videos, PDFs, and random lessons have left you stuck. Most resources were not built for absolute beginners. In this 5-day challenge, we fix that together—live.
The transformation
By the End of 5 Days
- Greet confidently in Igbo
- Introduce yourself
- Pronounce sounds and tones
- Use everyday sentences
- Understand pronouns and useful verbs
- Hold your first short conversation
- Know your next learning step.
5-Day Roadmap
What You Will Learn During the Challenge
Each day offers a focused, practical lesson with an illustrative symbol that anchors the concept and makes the learning journey feel memorable and culturally rich.
Day 1
Igbo Greetings and Introductions
Start speaking immediately with everyday greetings, self-introductions, and warm expressions you can use at home and in community settings.
Day 2
Know the 36 Igbo Alphabets and Their Sounds
Learn the building blocks of spoken and written Igbo so that you can pronounce words with greater clarity and confidence.
Day 3
Understand Vowel Harmony and Spelling
Discover the natural flow of Igbo sound patterns and spelling principles that make reading and speaking easier.
Day 4
Understand the Pronouns
Grasp the simple sentence parts that help you refer to yourself, others, and people around you naturally.
Day 5
Form and Speak Simple Sentences Naturally
Bring everything together and begin forming real Igbo sentences you can confidently speak right away.
The Reality
Perfect For
Built for you, your family, your heritage
The Sụwanụ method
Why Speak Igbo Academy Is Different
This challenge is built on the Sụwanụ (Speak) Igbo Learning System—a structured pathway using bilingual instruction, grammar, pronunciation, sentence building, conversation practice, and a clear roadmap.
A promise kept
The Story Didn't End
My husband's wish has already been fulfilled. Today our children, Anuli and Chris, speak Igbo confidently. They became part of this mission—Anuli helped edit Speak Igbo with Me, while Chris created the flashcards used in this program. These resources were first created for our own family before they were shared with the world.
Built on real linguistics
Learning System
My studies in French inspired the structure of the Sụwanụ (Speak) Igbo Learning System and Guide to the Conjugation of Igbo Verbs. Rather than teaching isolated vocabulary, the system teaches learners how the language works through sounds, grammar, verbs, sentence patterns, and conversation.
Yours when you enroll
Bonuses
Bonus 1
75+ Igbo Sentences & Pronouns
Bonus 2
Audio Flashcards
Bonus 3
Igbo Learning Roadmap
Trusted by Igbo families worldwide
A growing community of confident Igbo speakers
500+
Families served
12+
Countries reached
4-Book
Sụwanụ Igbo Series
4.9/5
Average learner rating
“For the first time, my children answered me in Igbo. I cried. This program gave my family back something we almost lost.”
Adaeze O.
Parent • Maryland, USA
“Coach Benedette explains everything so clearly. After Day 3 I was already forming my own sentences without thinking in English first.”
Chiamaka N.
Heritage learner • London, UK
“I married into an Igbo family and felt lost at every gathering. Five days later I greeted my mother-in-law in Igbo. Her face said everything.”
Daniel K.
Spouse • Atlanta, USA
Ready to speak your first real Igbo sentence?
Pricing & enrollment
Choose Your Entry
General Entry
$97.00
- 5 live sessions
- 75+ sentence guide
- 36 Alphabet & Sounds flashcards
- Replay access
VIP Entry
$200.00
- Everything in General
- Extended 2-hour sessions
- Additional flashcards totaling 144 words
- Parents' Teaching Guide
- Extra coaching
Only 12 seats remaining in this cohort
70% refund through end of Day 2 — your enrollment is protected.
Meet your coach
Benedette Ifeyinwa Nwoye-Okorie
- Founder, Speak Igbo Academy
- Author of the four-book Sụwanụ (Speak) Igbo Book Series
- Creator of Guide to the Conjugation of Igbo Verbs
- Retired Foreign Service Officer
- French Language graduate
- Child Development Associate (CDA) Certified
- Native Igbo speaker and advocate for preserving Igbo language and culture.
Meet Your Coach
A personal message from Coach Benedette
Student stories
Hear From Our Learners
Student Testimonial
A personal message from Coach Benedette
Student Testimonial
A personal message from Coach Benedette
Questions
FAQ
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Every day you delay, the language becomes one step farther from the next generation.
Speak your first real Igbo sentence. Reconnect with your roots. Give your family the gift of language.
Free Download: Igbo Alphabet & Sounds Guide / Abịịdị Igbo n' Ụdaolu Ha
Sụwanụ Igbo! Igbo Amaka!!