USA Africa Dialogue Series - Of Abraham Lincoln and Obafemi Awolowo; Uncanny Historical coincidences

 Of Abraham Lincoln and Obafemi Awolowo by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,London,England

Its been said that if  all Nigerians moved to the U.S. and all U.S. Residents moved to Nigeria. The U.S. would become Nigeria and Nigeria would become U.S. My American friend would say"we are all connected"

Buit what do you make  of  the revelation below.How I wish the similarities do not end with the individuals , Abraham  Lincoln and   Obafemi Awolowo. This is one of my strangest discoveries

There is the Famous Lincoln- Kenedy Coincidence. The Kennedy Family has been described as the Royal Family of the U.S. and  a similar appelation might have been given to the Awolowo Family.

Lincoln and Awolowo were both Teetotalers

Abraham and Obafemi have seven letters each and Lincoln and Awolowo also have seven letters each

. Lincoln was born in the ninth year of the 19th Century, 1809 and Awolowo was born in the ninth year of the 20th Century, 1909.

 Lincoln and Awolowo were both hired out as labourers when they were young. Lincoln and Awolowo were both lawyers and both practiced up to the Supreme Court.

 Lincoln and Awolowo were at first skeptical in their religious inclinations, before they were brought to religious conviction.Lincoln and Awolowo, as adults, both studied Mathematics as a form of mental discipline

. Lincoln and Awolowo were both Rosicrucians.

 Lincoln as a young man loved wrestling and relatedly Awolowo as a young man loved boxing.

 Lincoln presided over the civil war in his country to be described as the greatest American president and Awolowo was the chief strategist during the Nigerian civil war to be described as the best president Nigeria never had.Lincoln and Awolowo both have universities named after them, the Lincoln University and the Obafemi Awolowo University.

 Lincoln as presidential candidate and Awolowo as presidential candidate were both endorsed by the Tribune Newspapers of their respective countries. There is the Lincoln Museum and there is as well the Awolowo Museum.Chicago has been described as  the land of Lincoln.Chicago is the home of the sky scraper and capital of mid west America

Whereas Ibadan is symbolic of the achievement and successes of Obafemi Awolowo. Ibadan is the home of the Nigerian skyscraper and political capital of south west Nigeria.

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