Reimagining the Role of Stakeholders in the Development and Entrenchment of Igbo Language and Culture

The main thrust of this paper is to bring to the fore, the inevitable role stakeholders, including the family, government and government agencies, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Igbo language educators and researchers, as well as International agencies like the UNESCO, could play towards the growth of Igbo language and culture in this age. We adopted the descriptive/qualitative research paradigm in reviewing available literature on the subject, in terms of what were and what are expected. The findings from this study show that, contrary to the pessimism of some scholars and or organizations, the Igbo language and culture are not so threatened, but require greater push by their stakeholders, to expand to the frontiers of their development, through formal and informal applications. We conclude that what is needed now is for experts in the language and culture to review the content of the existing roadmap to stability in the speaking, study, research, printing/publishing and engineering, in Igbo language and culture. Implementation of the outlined roles, rather than repeated theorizing and controversy, is key towards activating the development and entrenchment of Igbo language and culture, to enable the inseparable duo (Igbo Language and culture), to fulfill their functions, at all levels of their owners’ and users’ situations and applications.