West-African origin of language: The case of Igbo - Discussions on a 'New York Times' article on the West African origin of modern languages

Dir. Prof. Catherine Acholonu-Olumba
Nigeria

Summary: 
This paper was elicited by a recent article in the world renowned 'New York Times' newspaper published on April, 14th, 2011, authored by Nicolas Wade under the title: "Phonetic Clues Hint Language is Africa-Born".