Nnamdi Azikiwe

Also known as Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, Zik, Ben Azikiwe, Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe

first President of Nigeria (1904-1996)

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Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria's first president, serving from 1963 to 1966, and was a major political figure in the country's independence movement during the 20th century. He is an important historical figure because he played a central role in establishing Nigeria as an independent nation and shaping its early political identity.

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Born: 1904-11-16
Died: 1996-05-11
Works: 48

Top works

The development of political parties in Nigeria
Origins of the Nigerian Civil War
Tribalism
Assassination story
Constitutional dispute in Eastern Nigeria

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1990

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5 total works indexed

The psychophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis.
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Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe GCFR PC (Listen; 16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), commonly referred to as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the first native governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the first president of Nigeria during the First Nigerian Republic (1963–1966). 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.

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. Living in Lagos State exposed him to learning the Yoruba language, and by the time he was in college, he had been exposed to different Nigerian cultures and spoke the three major Nigerian languages.