JAMB Igbo Syllabus

1. Essay (Edemede)

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• 1. Essay (Edemede)
• (a) Basic principles of essay writing: introduction, body and conclusion
• (b) Basic essay types and their characteristics
• (i) Narrative (Akọmakọ)
• (ii) Descriptive and Expository (Nkọwa na Nkọwami)
• (iii) Argumentative (Mgbagha/Arụmarụụka)
• (iv) Speech making (Ekwumekwu)
• (v) Letter Writing (Edemleta)
• (vi) Dialogue (Mkparịtaụka)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) identify the basic principles of essay writing; (ii) use words and expressions appropriate to a particular topic; (iii) differentiate between different essay types; (iv) describe the characteristics of essay types; (v) compare different types of essay; (vi) criticize other people’s essays

2. Comprehension (Aghọtaazaa)

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• 2. Comprehension (Aghọtaazaa) One passage of about one hundred and fifty (150) words

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) explain the meanings of difficult words; (ii) give correct answers; (iii) differentiate between figurative and idiomatic expressions from the passage; (iv) deduce conclusion(s) based on the passage

3. Sounds and Sound Patterns

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• 3. Sounds and Sound Patterns (Ụdaasụsụ na Usoro Ụdaasụsụ)
• (a) Vowels and Consonants (Ụdaume na mgbochiume)
• (b) Sound Patterns/Processes i. Syllabic nasals (ụdaimi) ii. Semi-vowel (Myiriụdaume) iii. Nasal homoganicity (ndagba myiriụdaume) iv. Syllable structure (nkeji mkpụrụokwu) v. Vowel harmony (ndakọrịta ụdaume)
• vi. Vowel assimilation (olilo ụdaume)
• vii. Vowel elision and consonant elision (ndapụ ụdaume na ndapụ mgbochiume)
• (c) Tone and tone marking (Ụdaolu na Akara ụdaolu)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) identify vowels, consonants and syllabic nasals; (ii) distinguish between the speech sounds of the Igbo language; (iii) recognise semi-vowels (‘m’& ‘n’) and nasal homoganicity ; (iv) divide words into syllables; (v) identify the vowel groups in Igbo; (vi) describe vowel assimilation, vowel elision and consonant elision; (vii) assign tone marks appropriately

4. Spelling and spelling rules

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• 4. Spelling and spelling rules (Nsupe na Iwu Nsupe)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) detect words written correctly in Igbo; (ii) determine appropriate word division in Igbo

5. Igbo Orthography

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• 5. Igbo Orthography (Mkpụrụedemede Igbo)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) indicate the Igbo orthography; (ii) distinguish between the Igbo and English orthography

6. Dialect and Standard Igbo

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• 6. Dialect and Standard Igbo (Olundị/Olumba na Igbo Izugbe)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) differentiate between standard Igbo and dialects; (ii) use standard Igbo in their writings

7. Igbo Word Derivation (Usoro

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• 7. Igbo Word Derivation (Usoro Mmụbaokwu n’Igbo) Processes of word derivation processes: coinages, loans and loans- blends (Mmụbawanye mkpụrụokwu site n’usoro mmepụta, mkpụpụta, mbite na mbiọgwa)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) differentiate between loan and coined words; (ii) identify loan words and loan-blends in Igbo; (iii) spell Igbo words appropriately

8. Grammar (Ụtọasụsụ)

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• 8. Grammar (Ụtọasụsụ)
• (a) Parts of speech (Nkejiasụsụ): Nominals (Mkpọaha), verbs (ngwaa), adjectives (nkọwa), adverbs (nkwuwa), affixes (mgbakwunye), enclitics (nsokwunye), dgz
• (b) The structure, types and characteristics of morpheme (Ndokọ, ụdị na njirimara mọfịm) Free & bound (nnọọrọonwe na ndabe)
• (i) the word (mkpụrụokwu)
• (ii) the phrase (nkebiokwu)
• (iii) the clause (nkebiahịrị) nominal, adverbial and adjectival clause (kemkpọaha, kenkwuwa na kenkọwa)
• (iv) the sentence (ahịrịokwu) simple (mfe), compound (ukwu), complex (mgbagwọ, dgz)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) differentiate between grammatical categories; (ii) identify parts of speech and their functions; (iii) differentiate between types of affixes and their functions; (iv) determine types and characteristics of morphemes; (v) identify words, phrases, clauses, sentences, their types and characteristics

9. Translation (Ntụgharị)

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• 9. Translation (Ntụgharị) SECTION B: LITERATURE (AGỤMAGỤ)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) translate English into Igbo and vice versa; (ii) communicate effectively in Igbo and English

10. Literary devices (Atụmatụokwu)

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• 1. Literary devices (Atụmatụokwu) dịka alliteration (bịambia mgbochiume), assonance (bịambịa ụdaume), parallelism (kwunkwugha), metaphor (mbụrụ), simile (myiri), hyperbole (egbeokwu), personificati (mmemmadụ) proverbs (ilu), dgz

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) identify all literary devices in the passages; (ii) interpret literary devices; (iii) differentiate between types of on literary devices; (iv) use Igbo literary devices appropriately (v)

11. Oral Literature: Agụmagụ Ọnụ/

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• 2. Oral Literature: Agụmagụ Ọnụ/ Agụmagụ Ọdịnala: Folktales (ifo), myths (nkọmịrịkọ), legends (nkọkịrịkọ), poems (abụ), songs (uri), chants (mbem), riddles (agwụgwa), oral drama (ejije ọnụ), tongue-twister (okwuntụhị) dgz

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) create folk stories, chants, riddles, oral drama etc. (ii) analyse various genres of oral literature; (iii) present ideas/formulae in accordance with underlying principles; (iv) apply the lessons of oral literature to their everyday life

12. Written Literature (Agụmagụ

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• 3. Written Literature (Agụmagụ Ederede)
• (a) Prose (iduuazị) Tony U. Ubesie (1993)
• (b) Poetry (Abụ) Inno Ụzọma Nwadike (2014). Akọnuche
• Obosi: Pacific Publishers Ltd
• ABỤ NDỊ A HỌPỤTARA (Selected Poems) 1. Ọchịchị 18 - 19

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) interpret the text; (ii) isolate the characters in the book; (iii) identify figurative and idiomatic expressions in the text; (iv) analyse the text; (v) identify the author, publisher and date of publication; (vi) draw moral lessons from the text. (i) compare the types and themes of the poems; (ii) relate the poet’s idea to the contents of the poems; (iii) compare figurative and idiomatic expressions in the poems; (iv) analyse the structures of the

13. Onye Ndu 22 - 23 poems;

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• 2. Onye Ndu

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 22 - 23 poems

14. Nne Ọma 29 - 30 (v) apply acquired knowledge and

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• 3. Nne Ọma

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 29 - 30 (v) apply acquired knowledge and

15. Oke Ọchịchọ 40 - 41 moral lessons from the poems to

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• 4. Oke Ọchịchọ

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 40 - 41 moral lessons from the poems to

16. Asịla M Na Ọ Dị Mma 53 - 54 their daily lives.

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• 5. Asịla M Na Ọ Dị Mma

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 53 - 54 their daily lives

17. Ihe Ụwa 60 - 61

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• 6. Ihe Ụwa

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 60 - 61

18. Jiri Nwayọ 62 - 63

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• 7. Jiri Nwayọ

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 62 - 63

19. Eziokwu 65 - 66

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• 8. Eziokwu

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 65 - 66

20. Mma 67 - 69

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• 9. Mma

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 67 - 69

21. Nwanyị 92 - 94

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• 10. Nwanyị

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 92 - 94

22. Aja Ala 101 - 103

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• 11. Aja Ala

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 101 - 103

23. Ala Igbo 108 - 111

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• 12. Ala Igbo

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 108 - 111

24. Ndụ M N’ụwa A 131 - 132

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• 13. Ndụ M N’ụ 14. Ọjị 15. Ụwa Emebighi

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Wa A 131 - 132 150 - 151 151 – 154

25. Amamihe 168 – 169

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• 16. Amamihe

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 168 – 169

26. Ndụ Nwaanyị 178 – 180

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• 17. Ndụ Nwaanyị

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 178 – 180

27. Nna M Ọgọenyi 181 – 184

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• 18. Nna M Ọgọenyi 19. Ụlọakwụkwọ

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 181 – 184 192 - 193

28. Akwa Nnabuenyi Ugonna

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• 20. Akwa Nnabuenyi Ugonna Bere 249 – 252
• (c) DRAMA (EJIJE) J. C. Maduekwe (1979). Otu Mkpịsị Aka. Longman Nigeria (Learn Africa) SECTION C: CUSTOMS AND INSTITUTIONS (Omenala na Ewumewu) Igbo customs and institutions as categorized below

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) identify the type of drama the text belongs to; (ii) determine the themes in the text; (iii) identify the story lines; (iv) find out the characters in the book; (v) appreciate the language style of the play; (vi) appraise the social problems raised by the author in the play; (vii) apply acquired knowledge to their personal lives. (viii) Identify the moral lessons from the drama text. (i) describe the customs of their people; (ii) determine the rules and regulations guiding specified aspects of the

29. Ekele dị iche ice: culture and tradition of the Igbo

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• 1. Ekele dị iche ice: ekele ụtụtụ, ehihie, anyasị, nri, onye nọ n’ọrịa, nlakpu, ọrụ dg

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Culture and tradition of the Igbo people; (iii) describe the importance of the aspects of Igbo culture; (iv) identify changes that have occurred

30. Alụmdi na nwunye, ịgba alụkwaghịm.

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• 2. Alụmdi na nwunye, ịgba alụkwaghịm
• (v) 3. Ọmụmụ na ile ọmụgwọ, ikupụta nwa, ibi ugwu, ịgụ aha, ịzụ ahịa nwa, ịhụ eze

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. As a result of civilization; explore their environment for a better appreciation of their culture

31. Echichi: Nze na Ọzọ, Eze/Obi/Igwe,

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• 4. Echichi: Nze na Ọzọ, Eze/Obi/Igwe, Iyọm/Lọọlọ

32. Ike ekpe, iri ekpe, ịkwa ozu, ịgba

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Ike ekpe, iri ekpe, ịkwa ozu, ịgba mkpe. Ụmụnna, ụmụọkpụ/ụmụada, iyomdi, nwadiala. Ọgbọ/ebiri/uke, ọhanaeze, ezinaụlọ

33. Arụ na nsọala: Ihe nsọ, anụ nsọ, osisi

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• 8. Arụ na nsọala: Ihe nsọ, anụ nsọ, osisi nsọ, ebe nsọ
• 9. Ọchịchị Ọdịnala: Igwe/Eze, Nze na Ọzọ, ụmụnna, ezinaụlọ, ụmụọkpụ/ ụmụada, otu ọgbọ

34. Nnabata ọbịa, ọji na ịtu nzu, itu aha,

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• 10. Nnabata ọbịa, ọji na ịtu nzu, itu aha, ịkwọ aka ụtụtụ, ịgọ ọfọ

35. Ihe ofufe: Ịgba afa, ịchụ aja, ịgọ

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• 11. Ihe ofufe: Ịgba afa, ịchụ aja, ịgọ mmụọ, ofufe

36. Ngwa ofufe: Ọfọ, ikenga,okpesi.

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• 12. Ngwa ofufe: Ọfọ, ikenga,okpesi

37. Nkwenye: ịdụ isi/ịṅụ iyi, ịgba ndụ,

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• 13. Nkwenye: ịdụ isi/ịṅụ iyi, ịgba ndụ, orikọ, ịlọ ụwa, ọgbanje, nrọ, ihi anụ, ịha/ịchụ mmiri, dg

38. Akụnaụba: inwe ala, ike ala, iri ekpe,

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• 14. Akụnaụba: inwe ala, ike ala, iri ekpe, elulu (ịkpa ọkụkọ, ewu, dg)

39. Abamaba: Mmọnwụ, ọkọnkọ, ekpe,

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• 15. Abamaba: Mmọnwụ, ọkọnkọ, ekpe, ọmabe, odo, dibịa, dg

40. Egwuregwu: mgba, egwu ọnwa, ikpọ

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• 16. Egwuregwu: mgba, egwu ọnwa, ikpọ ọga, ịzụ ǹchọ, ịzụ okwe, ịgba/ịchọ oro, dg

41. Akaọrụ ndị Igbo: Ọrụ ugbo, ịkụ azụ,

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• 17. Akaọrụ ndị Igbo: Ọrụ ugbo, ịkụ azụ, ịkpụ ụzụ, ịzụ ahịa, ịtụ ihe ọtụtụ, ịchụ nta, ime dibịa, ịkpụ ite, dg

42. Emume: Ọfala, ịbọ ụzọ, ịwa ji/iri ji,

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• 18. Emume: Ọfala, ịbọ ụzọ, ịwa ji/iri ji, igbu ewu ukwu,iru mgbede,ịwa akwa, akwamozu, ịgụ afọ, dg
• SECTION D: General and Current Affairs (Ihe Ndị na-eme Ugbua)

43. Topical issues in the Igbo language, (i) identify some dates, themes and

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• 1. Topical issues in the Igbo language, literature and culture e.g., Ahịajiọ Odenigbo lectures and Ọhaneze Ndị Igbo

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (i) identify some dates, themes and kụ, functions of Ahịajiọkụ, Odenigbo and Ọhaneze Ndi Igbo Lectures; (ii) identify authors, publishers and dates of publication of various textbooks in Igbo

44. Authors, Publishers, dates and places

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• 2. Authors, Publishers, dates and places of publication of works in Igbo
• (iii)

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Acquaint themselves with the

45. Igbo Studies Association (ISA) functions and contributions of the

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• 3. Igbo Studies Association (ISA) CURRENT ISSUES (Okwuakpụnọnụ) Note: Item writers should also choose their topics for comprehension exercises from such current issues as the following

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Functions and contributions of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA). (i) acquaint themselves with current issues; (ii) examine their effects; (iii) suggest remedies to the problems

46. HIV/AIDS, Cancer and Corona

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• 1. HIV/AIDS, Cancer and Corona Virus (Ọrịa Mmịnwụ/Obirinaajaọcha, Awa eto na Ọrịa koro

47. Drug Abuse (Ịṅu Ọgwụ

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• 2. Drug Abuse (Ịṅu Ọgwụ Agharaaghara)

48. Cultism (Otu Nzuzo)

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• 3. Cultism (Otu Nzuzo)

49. Rights of Women and Children

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• 4. Rights of Women and Children (Oruuru Ụmụnwaanyị na Ụmụaka)

50. Human Rights Violation and Child

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• 5. Human Rights Violation and Child Abuse (Ịnapụ Mmadụ Ikike na Mmetọ Nwata)

51. Religious Conflicts (Nsogbu

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• 6. Religious Conflicts (Nsogbu Ndọkụrịta Ekpemekpe Ụka)

52. Kidnapping (Ntọrọ Mmadụ)

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• 7. Kidnapping (Ntọrọ Mmadụ)

53. Agụ-Ọfọdile, M.C. (2007). Nkụzi Asụsụ Igbo N’ụzọ Dị Mfe Maka Ndị Sinịọ Sekọndịrị Nke

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• 1. Agụ-Ọfọdile, M.C. (2007). Nkụzi Asụsụ Igbo N’ụzọ Dị Mfe M Atọ
• 2. Ụba –

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Aka Ndị Sinịọ Sekọndịrị Nke

54. Ofili, D. N., Anozie C. C. and Chukwu, A. O. (2012): Lingwistiiki Sayensị Asụsụ II. Enugu

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Wistiiki Sayensị Asụsụ II. Enugu

55. Ezikeojiaku, P. A., Okebalama, C. N., Onweluzo, C. N. and Ekwe B. U. (1991). Ule Igbo Maka

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Ekwe B. U. (1991). Ule Igbo Maka

56. Anọzie, C. C. (2003). Igbo Kwenu: Akụkọ na Omenala ndị Igbo

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• 5. Anọzie, C. C. (2003). Igbo Kwenu: Akụkọ na Omenala ndị Ig

57. Ikekeonwu, C., Ezikeojiaku, P. A., Ubani, A. and Ugoji, J. (1999).

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. (1999). lc

58. Emenanjọ, E. N., Dike, O. N., Agomo S. N. and Ezeuko, R. O. (1999). Exam Focus

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• 7. Emenanjọ, E. N
• Maka WASSCE Na UTME
• 8. Ọfọmata, C. E. (2005): Ndezu Ụtọasụsụ Igbo

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. O. (1999). Exam Focus Publishers (Nig.) Ltd

59. Nzeakọ, J. U. T. (1972). Omenala Ndị Igbo. Ibadan: Longman (Nig.) Ltd.

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• 9. Nzeakọ, J. U. T. (1972). Omenala Ndị Igbo

Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. N (Nig.) Ltd

60. Okoye, O. F. S., Ofoegbu, N. F. and Ezidiegwu, B. L. (1997)

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. 97) dịrị. Onitsha

61. Osuagwu, B. I. N. (1979). Ndị Igbo na Omenala Ha. Nigeria: Macmillan.

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

62. Ubesie, T. U. (1978). Ọdịnala Ndị Igbo. Ibadan: Oxford University Press.

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Niversity Press

63. Umeh, I. O. A., Onyekaonwu, G. O., Nwadike, I. U. and Okeke I. O. (1992).

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Objectives — candidates should be able to:

1. Eke I. O. (1992)