Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

Culture is simply understood as a way of life of a people. As a people, the Igbo have a culture that is peculiar to them. This is what can be referred to as Igbo cultural identity. However, experience has shown that Igbo cultural identity has seriously been threatened because of migration activities. The pertinent question now is: How can Igbo people maintain their cultural identity in the face of myriads of challenges posed by migration? Employing the philosophical methods of phenomenology and critical analysis, this study observes that migration has dealt a very dead blow on the cherished cultural identity of Igbo people. It therefore submits that every people have cultural identity and when there is a complete loss of identity of a particular people, it speaks nothing but doom. The paper calls on all Igbo scholars, traditional rulers and leaders, public servants of Igbo extraction and all people of good will to help to revitalize the Igbo cultural identity. Finally, it calls for Igbo Cultural Renaissance as a way of reviving Igbo cultural identity that is at the verge of extinction.

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