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Nnamdi Azikiwe

AKA Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

Born: 16-Nov-1904
Birthplace: Zungeru, Nigeria
Died: 11-May-1996
Location of death: Enugu, Nigeria [1]
Cause of death: Illness

Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Nigeria
Executive summary: First President of Nigeria, 1963-66


[1] University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.

Wife: Flora Ogbenyeanu Ogoegbunam (m. 1936, d. 1983, one daughter, three sons)
Son: Chukwuma
Son: Chukwuemeka
Wife: Uche

    High School: Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, Nigeria
    University:
Howard University
    University: Lincoln University Pennsylvania (1930)
    University: MA, University of Pennsylvania (1933)
    Administrator: Chancellor, Lagos University (1972-76)

    President of Nigeria (1963-66)
    Nigerian Official Governor-General (1960-63)
    Nigerian Official President of the Senate (1960)
    Sedition 1936 (guilty, acquitted on appeal)
    Ousted in a Coup 15-Jan-1966

Author of books:
Liberia in World Politics (1934)
Nigeria in World Politics (1959)
My Odyssey: An Autobiography (1971, memoir)
Renascent Africa (1973)
Onitsha Market Crisis: An Example of Monocracy (1976)
Meditations: A Collection of Poems (1977, poetry)


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