OJUKWU, CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU

chookˌwooāmāˈkä ōdoomāgˈwä ōjookˈwä, 1933–, Nigerian general and secessionist. Of Igbo background, he joined (1957) the Nigerian army and rose to become (1966–67) military governor of E Nigeria. That region seceded (1967) from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra, with Ojukwu as head of state. He held office during the bloody war (1967–70) between Biafra and Nigeria and then went into exile in Côte d'Ivoire upon Biafra's defeat.

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books on: Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu  - 14 results

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This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria
Book by Karl Maier; PublicAffairs, 2000
Subjects: Nigeria--Politics And Government--1993-
...Nigeria refused to part with the oil-rich region. The Biafran war effectively ended when the rebel leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu fled the country and the then Colonel Obasanjo, in command of the Third Marine Division, captured Biafran...
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
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The Infinite Longing for Home: Desire and the Nation in Selected Writings of Ben Okri and K.S. Maniam
Book by David C. L. Lim; Rodopi, 2005
Subjects: Home In Literature, Malaysian Fiction (English), Maniam, K. S--Criticism And Interpretation, Nationalism In Literature, Nigerian Fiction (English), Okri, Ben--Criticism And Interpretation
...sl J.O. Irukwu, Nigeria at the Crossroads: A Nation in Transition (London: Wither- by, i983)? i7i. s2 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, The Ahiara Declaration: The Principles of the Biafran Revolution, dated June 1, 1969, <http://www.biafraland...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
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Equatorial Guinea: An African Tragedy
Book by Randall Fegley; Peter Lang, 1989
Subjects: Equatorial Guinea--Politics And Government--1968-1979, Equatorial Guinea--Politics And Government--1979-, Human Rights--Equatorial Guinea
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journal articles on: Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu  - 2 results

 
 
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Intercultural Creativity in Joshua Uzoigwe's Music
Journal article by Godwin Sadoh; Africa, Vol. 74, 2004
Subjects: African music--Social aspects, Ethnic groups--Social aspects, Multiculturalism--Portrayals, Musicians--Biography, Musicians--Works, Nigeria--Social aspects, Uzoigwe, Joshua--Works
...led by a member of the Igbo elite, Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, (5) felt cheated politically and economically...the secessionist Biafra Republic. (5) Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was Military Governor of the former Eastern...
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West Africa
Journal article by T. A. Barringer; Africa, 1998
Subjects: Africa--Bibliography


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magazine articles on: Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu  - 4 results

 
 
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Now Obasanjo Must Turn Economy Around
Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, June 2003
Subjects: Election fraud, Election monitoring, European Union--International relations, Nigeria--Elections, Nigeria--Political aspects, Obasanjo, Olusegun--Elections, People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)--Elections, Presidential elections, Presidents--Elections
...Buhari with 12.7m, only Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu of the All Progressive...Pres: Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu...the 18 candidates, only Chukwuemeka Ojukwu with 3.29%, went beyond...
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Nigeria: The Power Behind the Throne (Part 2); Ola Sheyin Continues with the Countdown to Nigeria's General Elections in April, by Looking at the Power Equation in the Country and Why the Same People Keep Coming Up Election after Election
Magazine article by Ola Sheyin; New African, March 2007
Subjects: Elections--Political aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects
...plea that still holds. Lt-Col Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the then leader of the breakaway...ideological persuasion from Ojukwu. But like his contemporary in...to it. He also believed, like Ojukwu did at one point, that the East...
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The Crude Addiction: Oil and Nigeria
Magazine article; African Business, November 2009
Subjects: A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria's Oil Frontier (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...teases out the "cant and hypocrisy" of Britains position in a revealing chapter describing his meeting with Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the leader of Biafras secessionist rebellion, "a man that knew more than most about the worst battle to date...
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Nigeria: The People Decide; Mercy Eze on the Surprises That Came with the Moment of Decision on 21 April
Magazine article by Mercy Eze; New African, May 2007
Subjects: Elections--Ethical aspects, Elections--Evaluation, Nigeria--Political aspects
...Orji Uzor Kalu (PPA), Patrick Utomi (ADC), Lawrence Famakinde Adedoyin (APS) Emmanuel Osita Okereke (ALP), Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (APGA), Christopher Pere Ajuwa (AD), Iheanyinchukwu Godswill Nnaji (BNPP), Maxi Okwu (CPP), and Attahiru Dalhatu...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ojukwu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu  - 1 result

 
 
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Ojukwu, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OJUKWU, CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU chook wooama ka odoomag wa ojook wa, 1933 , Nigerian general and...region seceded (1967) from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra , with Ojukwu as head of state. He held office during the bloody war (1967 70) between...


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