TED Translators meet speaker Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo

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Yesterday at TEDGlobal 2017, TED Translators met with speaker Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo, creator of the first illustrated Igbo-language dictionary for children. Mbanefo talked in depth with the translators about a range of subjects: her ongoing effort to encourage African-language learning among younger generations; the effects that politics, both local and global, have on language; and how to develop new terms that don’t yet exist in a language. The meetup provided the TED Translators with a primer not only on Igbo and its nuances, but also on the ever-shifting nature of language as a whole.

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