Azikiwe nnamdi biography of martin
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From Nnamdi Azikiwe
Author: Azikiwe, Nnamdi (Nigeria. Office of the President)
Date: October 26, 1960
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Genre: Letter
Topic: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Travels
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Nnamdi Azikiwe, the newly appointed governor-general of Nigeria, writes in the hope that King will attend his inauguration.1 King traveled to Lagos in November to attend the festivites, which included several luncheons and a dance performance in honor of the African independence leader and his wife.2
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jnr,
c/o Dr. Marguerite Cartwright,
57 Fifth Avenue,
New York 3, N.Y.
My dear Reverend King:
This is to inform you that I have included your name in the list of invitees to attend my inauguration on November 16,1960, when I will be sworn in as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of Nigeria.
The occasion will be of historic interest because it will be the first time in our national history when a p
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966
For other uses, see Nnamdi Azikiwe (disambiguation).
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996),[2] commonly referred to as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the 3rd and first black governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the first president of Nigeria during the First Nigerian Republic (1963–1966).[3] He is widely regarded as the father of Nigerian nationalism as well as one of the major driving forces behind the country's independence in 1960.[4][5][6]
Born in Zungeru in present-day Niger State to Igbo parents from Onitsha, Anambra State, Azikiwe learned to speak Hausa which was the main indigenous language of the Northern Region. He was later sent to live with his aunt and grandmother in his hometown Onitsha, where he learnt the Igbo language.[7] Living in Lagos State exposed h
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Azikiwe, Nnamdi
November 16, 1904 to May 11, 1996
In November 1960 Martin Luther King traveled to Lagos, then Nigeria’s capital city, to attend the inauguration of Nnamdi Azikiwe as Nigeria’s first governor-general of African descent. Azikiwe, who later became the first president of Nigeria and was a life-long advocate of African independence, personally invited King to take part in the official inauguration festivities in a letter dated 26 October 1960.
Azikiwe was born 16 November 1904 in northern Nigeria and attended mission schools in Lagos. In 1925 he left for the United States, where he studied political science, earning a BA (1930) and MA (1932) from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. While a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, Azikiwe met Marcus Garvey and other leaders of the Back to Africa movement. In 1934 Azikiwe returned to Africa where he joined the Nigerian Youth Movement and founded the West African Pilot and several other pe