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Azikiwe, Nnamdi, 1904-1996


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    • Benjamin Nnamdi

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    • Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi, 1904-1996
    • Zik, 1904-1996

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    • found: Author's Liberia in world politics, 1934.
    • found: Uwanaka, C.U. Zik and Awo in political storm, 1982 or 1983:p. 7, etc. (Zik, pet name; Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe)
    • found: One hundred quotable quotes and poems ... c1996:t.p. (Nnamdi Azikiwe) p. vii (d. May 11, 1996)
    • found: Zik : testimonies to a great African, 2006:p. i (Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1904-1996)
    • found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 8, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi; Zik; journalist, philosopher, president of Nigeria; born in 1905 in Nigeria; associate's degree from Howard University, bachelor's and master's degrees from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1925-1934); taught political science, African history and politics at Lincoln University (1931); editor of The African Morning Post, Accra, Gold Coast (1935-1937); started the first press conglomerate, Zik's Press Ltd. in Nigeria, vice president the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) (1938-1941); co-founded the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) (1944) and became a leader of the party (1946); won one of the Lagos seats of the Legislative Council (1948-1951); elected into the Western Nigerian House of Assembly (1952); was forced to leave Lagos and return to the Eastern Region (1954-1959); was a president of the Nigerian Senate (1960), the first indigenous governor-general and commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces; the first president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1963-1966); formed the Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP) and became its presidential candidate (1979); founded the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) (1960); recipient of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), Nigeria's highest national honor (1980); died in 1996 in Nigeria)
    • found: New York times, May 14, 1996:p. B8 (Nnamdi Azikiwe; b. Nov. 16, 1904, Zungeru, northern Nigeria; d. Saturday [May 11, 1996], eastern Nigeria, aged 91)
    • found: Wikipedia, viewed Mar. 26, 2019(Nnamdi Azikiwe; b. Nov. 16, 1904, Zungeru, Northern Nigeria Protectorate; d. May 11, 1996, Enugu, Nigeria)

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    • 1980-06-13: new
    • 2023-09-06: revised

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