AZIKIWE, BENJAMIN NNAMDI

nämˈdē äzēkˈwā, 1904–96, Nigerian statesman, popularly known as Zik. After advanced studies in the United States (1925), he returned to Nigeria, founded a chain of newspapers, and became one of the country's leading Igbo nationalists. He led a general strike in 1945 and later held the premiership (1954–59) of E Nigeria. Although his coalition won the 1959 elections, he was appointed (1960) to the honorary office of governor-general. In 1963 he became the first president of the Republic of Nigeria, serving until deposed by a military coup (1966). He worked abroad for Biafran secession (see Biafra), but advocated reunification when the revolt seemed doomed. After returning to Nigeria in 1972, he became chancellor of Lagos Univ. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1979 and 1983.

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ZIK, a Selection from the Speeches of Nnamdi Azikiwe
Book by Nnamdi Azikiwe; 1961
Subjects: Nigeria--Politics And Government
attitude. Benjamin Disraeli said that Change is inevitable in a progressive country. Change is constant. In this vein, my friend, the Hon. Aliyu...
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Langston Hughes: The Harlem Renaissance
Book by Maurice Wallace; Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2007
Subjects: African American Poets--Biography, Hughes, Langston--1902-1967, Poets, American--20th Century--Biography
...patriotism, S5, 56, 57 American Society of African Culture, 64 Aiidrzeiewski, Sartur, 22 Armstrong, Louis, 5 3 Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi, 64 Barnes, Albert, 32 rennet, Gwendolyn, 31, 75 The Big Sed, 77, 83 hiracial yaller character, 98...
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No Peace without Freedom: Race and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1975
Book by Joyce Blackwell; Southern Illinois University Press, 2004
Subjects: African American Pacifists--History, African American Women Political Activists--History, Women And Peace--United States--History, Women Pacifists--United States--History, Women's International League For Peace And Freedom
...Womens Peace Union and the Outlawry of War, 1921 1942. KnoX- ville: University of Tennessee Press, 1989. Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi. Liberia in World Politics. London: A. W. Stockwell, 1935. Bacon, Margaret Hope. One Womans Passion...
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African Americans and U.S. Policy toward Africa, 1850-1924: In Defense of Black Nationality
Book by Elliott P. Skinner; Howard University Press, 1992
Subjects: Africa--Foreign Relations--United States, African Americans--Relations With Africans, United States--Foreign Relations--Africa
...ed. Writings by W. E. B. Du Bois in Non-Periodical Literature . New York: Kraus-Thomson, 1982. Azikiwe Benjamin Nnamdi. Liberia in World Politics . London: A. H. Stockwell, 1935. Bailey Thomas A. Man in the Street: The Impact...
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The Life of Langston Hughes - Vol. 2
Book by Arnold Rampersad; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: African American Poets--Biography, Hughes, Langston--1902-1967, Poets, American--20th Century--Biography
...72 Aunt Jemima, 245 Authors League of America, 198 , 270 Avedon, Richard, 360 , 361 Ayler, Ethel, 269 Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi Zik, 237 , 239 , 302, 324 -25, 404 Baby, Whats Your Alibi song , 178 Baby Grand nightclub , 179 , 263...
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journal articles on: Azikiwe Benjamin Nnamdi  - 5 results

 
 
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Remembering J. M. Stuart-Young of Onitsha, Colonial Nigeria: Memoirs, Obituaries and Names
Journal article by Stephanie Newell; Africa, Vol. 73, 2003
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Stuart-Young, John Moray--Appreciation, Writers--Appreciation
...countrys foremost political figures. Azikiwe led the mourning columns with...obituary writers took their cue from Azikiwe and honoured Stuart-Young as...London and New York: Routledge. Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi. 1970. My Odyssey: an autobiography...
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"People All over the World Are Supporting You": Malcolm X, Ideological Formations, and Black Student Activism, 1960-1972
Journal article by Ibram H. Rogers; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 96, 2011
Subjects: Activism--Demographic aspects, Black students--Social aspects, Civil rights activists--Influence, Civil rights workers--Influence, Malcolm X--Influence, Students, Black--Social aspects
...of justice." As Benjamin Karim, Malcolms...came from Ayo C. Azikiwe, the leader of...Nigerian president Nnamdi Azikiwe. (21...161. (13) Benjamin Karim, Peter Skutches...Assistant Minister Benjamin Karim (New York...Malcolm X to Ayo C. Azikiwe, 10 November 1962...
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Joel Augustus Rogers: Black International Journalism, Archival Research, and Black Print Culture
Journal article by Thabiti Asukile; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 95, 2010
Subjects: African history--Research, Journalists--Criticism and interpretation, Journalists--Works, Rogers, Joel Augustus--Criticism and interpretation, Rogers, Joel Augustus--Works, Scholars--Criticism and interpretation, Scholars--Works
...Tippo Tibb; the mathematician Benjamin Banneker; the first person to...December 1951. "Your History--Benjamin Quarles," 29 May 1954; "Your...Courier, 18 October 1947. (60) Nnamdi Azikiwe, My Odyssey: An Autobiography...
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"Not an Academic Affair": African American Scholars and the Development of African Studies Programs in the United States, 1942-1960
Journal article by Jerry Gershenhorn; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 94, 2009
Subjects: African American scholars--Demonstrations and protests, Black history, Black studies--History, Blacks--History, Blacks--Study and teaching
...York Times, 21 October 1969, 13; Benjamin E. Thomas, "The Events of October...African institute at the school. Azikiwe graduated from Lincoln in 1931...Racism in the Twentieth Century, ed. Benjamin P. Bowser and Louis Kushnick, with...
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"We, Too, Rise with You": Recovering Langston Hughes's African (Re)Turn 1954-1960 in an African Treasury, the Chicago Defender, and Black Orpheus
Journal article by Daniel Won-Gu Kim; African American Review, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: African American poets--Criticism and interpretation, African American poets--Political aspects, African American poets--Works, An African Treasury (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Black Orpheus (Periodical), Chicago Defender (Newspaper), Hughes, Langston--Criticism and interpretation, Hughes, Langston--Political aspects, Hughes, Langston--Works
...Africa. (8) In November, at Nnamdi Azikiwes invitation, Hughes...the inauguration ceremony of Azikiwe as Governor General and Commander...but he was honored when Azikiwe, after taking the oath of...Leslie Fisher, Jr., and Benjamin Quarles. New York: William...


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encyclopedia articles on: Azikiwe Benjamin Nnamdi  - 1 result

 
 
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Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AZIKIWE, BENJAMIN NNAMDI nam de azek wa, 1904 96, Nigerian statesman, popularly known as Zik. After advanced studies in the United States (1925...


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