Below is a link to an article about a group of Igbo women who are determined to keep Igbo language and cultural values from going extinct. The article is incredibly short but meaningful and (I say this loosely because we haven't finished Thing Fall Apart yet) if Okonkwo was alive today, maybe he'd be proud considering his seemingly hard set values about Igbo culture and its importance. Putting Chinua Achebe's work to the side for a sec, what I think is kinda cool is that Olunduah Equiano wrote about Igbo women fighting and doing various labor activities alongside Igbo men; apparently they were equal. And now in the present day, there are examples of Igbo women alone forming alliances, organizations and rallies to fight for their culture, standing up for what they believe in....inspiring stuff.
https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/02/igbo-women-host-fiesta-preserve-culture-mother-tongue/
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These women don't seem to be the only ones who are worried about the disappearance of Igbo culture. After reading the article you recommend, Margot, I began to research more about the perseverance of Igbo culture. I found two longer articles, but both seem to stress the importance of preserving the seemingly fleeting Igbo cultural values and traditions of the Igbo. The first article discussed how a professor at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Nigeria has begun to stress the importance of creating film villages in Nigeria to help preserve Igbo culture. The second article discusses the importance and recent movements to revive the Igbo culture that is "on the highway to extinction.
http://mediablackberry.com/film-villages-to-preserve-igbo-cultural-values/
http://sunnewsonline.com/preserving-igbo-customs-and-values/
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