Nnamdi Azikiwe
1. INTRODUCTION- First president of independent Nigeria II. Body – Nnamdi Azikiwe History, Family, Career, and his accomplishments. A. Nnamdi Azikiwe History 1. Nnamdi Family a. Nnamdi mother b. Nnamdi father 2. Nnamdi Career a. Newspaper career b. Political career B. Nnamdi accomplishments 1. His Induction as Nnayelugo 2. Private council of the United Kingdom III. Conclusion A. Analytical summary 1. Nnamdi History 2. Nnamdi Family 3. Nnamdi Career 4. Nnamdi Accomplishment B. Nnamdi History, Family, Career and Accomplishment
Nnamdi Azikiwe Nnamdi Azikiwe was born November 16, 1904, in Zungeru, Nigeria. He was known as the “ZIK of Africa”. His parents gave him the name of Benjamin. At a very early age, he was exposed to the inequities of colonialism, which eventually cause him to change his name to Nnamdi. In his early years, he spoke only the Hausa language of the north, but at the age of eight, he was sent to Onitsha to live with his paternal grandparents where under their determined tutelage. In 1921, when he discontinued his secondary school education, he became fluent in Ibo, Yoruba, and Hausas, and eventually English. His earliest formal schooling began at the Roman Catholic Church Missionary Society’s Angelican missions at Onitsha’s academic capabilities. Nnamdi moved on to the Wesleyan Boys High School in Lagos and then again to the Hope Waddell Training Institute in Calabar, an historic place to which he would return years later under much different circumstances. Nnamdi was also carefully tutored in the great customs and traditions of his Ibo people and of the Nigerian nation. He quickly recognized the dichotomy of the worlds in which he was part; that of the contemporary educated African and the future custodian of venerable and vital tribal traditions and national culture. He vowed never to sacrifice one for the other and he
Nnamdi Azikiwe Nnamdi Azikiwe was born November 16, 1904, in Zungeru, Nigeria. He was known as the “ZIK of Africa”. His parents gave him the name of Benjamin. At a very early age, he was exposed to the inequities of colonialism, which eventually cause him to change his name to Nnamdi. In his early years, he spoke only the Hausa language of the north, but at the age of eight, he was sent to Onitsha to live with his paternal grandparents where under their determined tutelage. In 1921, when he discontinued his secondary school education, he became fluent in Ibo, Yoruba, and Hausas, and eventually English. His earliest formal schooling began at the Roman Catholic Church Missionary Society’s Angelican missions at Onitsha’s academic capabilities. Nnamdi moved on to the Wesleyan Boys High School in Lagos and then again to the Hope Waddell Training Institute in Calabar, an historic place to which he would return years later under much different circumstances. Nnamdi was also carefully tutored in the great customs and traditions of his Ibo people and of the Nigerian nation. He quickly recognized the dichotomy of the worlds in which he was part; that of the contemporary educated African and the future custodian of venerable and vital tribal traditions and national culture. He vowed never to sacrifice one for the other and he
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