Nwanna, I know you're a Lincoln Alum, but Dr. Nkrumah was not class of '35 at Lincoln, nor was Zik. Azikiwe moved from Howard to Lincoln in 1928, and graduated double honors in Philosophy and Politics from Lincoln in 1930 and recieved the MA in Politics in 1931 and another MA in Anthropology from U-PENN in 1933. He commenced his doctoral work at Columbia (NY) that year completing all his doctoral work pending defence in 1935. It was in 1935 that he decided to return to West Africa, choosing rather than defend his dissertation which examined the implication of forcing Liberia towards a debt overhang as part of the excuse to withdraw its sovereignty by the "international community" and place the only indepedent country in West Africa as trust legate under the old league of Nations. He chose to publish it as Liberia in World Politics, as a means of raising money to return to the continent. In fact by 1933, Azikiwe ws already an Instructor and Head of the dept of Political Science at Lincoln! He designed and taught one of the first classes in African History in any US university and was among the very early pioneers of African Studies in American universities in conjuction with his old Professor at Howard, Leon Hansberry. You will notice of course that throughout his career and life, Azikiwe very deliberately emphasized, promoted, and affirmed the Black Universities that he attended in the US rather than the ivy-league universities he also attended. It was an ideological statement.
By 1935 when Azikiwe returned to Africa and settled in the Gold Coast, Francis Kwame Nkrumah was still in a Catholic Seminary studying to be a priest. It was through Azikiwe's activist journalism and his address to the Ghana Teachers Union that Nkrumah first met Zik, who began to mentor him, and in fact convinced him to seek further education in the US. He gave him introductory and recommendation letters to his old school in Lincoln into which Nkrumah was enrolled in 1938 with other men who had been inspired by Zik - Ebenezer Ako Adjei, from Ghana, K.O. Mbadiwe, Mbonu Ojike, Nwafor Orizu, Okechukwu Ikejiani, Nwankwo Chukwuemeka, Abdulkareem. K Disu, K.A.B Quartey-Jones also from Ghana, and Okongwu. These men arrived Lincoln U between 1938 and 1939. These were all acolytes of the great Zik, and te footsoldiers of his Liberation movdement in West Africa. Nkrumah's contemporaries in Lincoln in fact were Ojike, Orizu, Ikejiani, Okongwu, A.K. Disu and Mbadiwe from Nigeria. In fact Nkrumah, Mbadiwe, Okongwu, Disu, took the Lincoln-Columbia route in the footseteps of Zik. Of all this group of Zikists, the Ghanaian K.A.B. Quartey-Jones became Azikiwe's first biographer ( Cambridge UP, 1961), A.K. Disu (Kings college, Lagos, Lincoln, Columbia and Harvard Law), became first, associate Editor of the West African Pilot, Zik's private secretary as Premier of the East, General Manager Eastern Nigerian Information Services and later Permanent Secretary to the President of the federation. To put it blandly, in other words, if Nkrumah had been a Nigerian, he would have been part of the NCNC. To put it another way, Zik paved the way for Nkrumah and the nationalist movement in Ghana which was in a doldrum in 1935 until Azikiwe arrived the scene and with the likes of I.T.A. Wallace Johnson awakened the defiance movement and the anti-colonial movement in Ghana from 1935-1937. Following the sedition charges, and his arrival in Nigeria in 1937, Azikiwe ignited the anti-colonial liberation movement which hitherto had been colorless, streile, elitist and accommodationist. The men Azikiwe recruited from 1938 pushed the debate anti-colonial debate, fanning out, to give colonialism a bloody mouth. That is the story of Zik. To be clear, Nkrumah was not Azikiwe's contemporary at Lincoln. He was with Mbonu Ojike, Mbadiwe, Ikejiani etc.
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ATTENTION ALL
By 1935 when Azikiwe returned to Africa and settled in the Gold Coast, Francis Kwame Nkrumah was still in a Catholic Seminary studying to be a priest. It was through Azikiwe's activist journalism and his address to the Ghana Teachers Union that Nkrumah first met Zik, who began to mentor him, and in fact convinced him to seek further education in the US. He gave him introductory and recommendation letters to his old school in Lincoln into which Nkrumah was enrolled in 1938 with other men who had been inspired by Zik - Ebenezer Ako Adjei, from Ghana, K.O. Mbadiwe, Mbonu Ojike, Nwafor Orizu, Okechukwu Ikejiani, Nwankwo Chukwuemeka, Abdulkareem. K Disu, K.A.B Quartey-Jones also from Ghana, and Okongwu. These men arrived Lincoln U between 1938 and 1939. These were all acolytes of the great Zik, and te footsoldiers of his Liberation movdement in West Africa. Nkrumah's contemporaries in Lincoln in fact were Ojike, Orizu, Ikejiani, Okongwu, A.K. Disu and Mbadiwe from Nigeria. In fact Nkrumah, Mbadiwe, Okongwu, Disu, took the Lincoln-Columbia route in the footseteps of Zik. Of all this group of Zikists, the Ghanaian K.A.B. Quartey-Jones became Azikiwe's first biographer ( Cambridge UP, 1961), A.K. Disu (Kings college, Lagos, Lincoln, Columbia and Harvard Law), became first, associate Editor of the West African Pilot, Zik's private secretary as Premier of the East, General Manager Eastern Nigerian Information Services and later Permanent Secretary to the President of the federation. To put it blandly, in other words, if Nkrumah had been a Nigerian, he would have been part of the NCNC. To put it another way, Zik paved the way for Nkrumah and the nationalist movement in Ghana which was in a doldrum in 1935 until Azikiwe arrived the scene and with the likes of I.T.A. Wallace Johnson awakened the defiance movement and the anti-colonial movement in Ghana from 1935-1937. Following the sedition charges, and his arrival in Nigeria in 1937, Azikiwe ignited the anti-colonial liberation movement which hitherto had been colorless, streile, elitist and accommodationist. The men Azikiwe recruited from 1938 pushed the debate anti-colonial debate, fanning out, to give colonialism a bloody mouth. That is the story of Zik. To be clear, Nkrumah was not Azikiwe's contemporary at Lincoln. He was with Mbonu Ojike, Mbadiwe, Ikejiani etc.
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Mr. Adeboye,
This is in response to your request for a supporting evidence indicating that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik of Africa) left my Alma Mater, Linclon University Pennsylvania in 1934 and that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah did not arrive Lincoln until 1935. As an Alumnus of Lincoln Pa., (Class of '82), and being a resident student in the Azikiwe-Nkrumah Hall at Lincoln, I think I stand a better chance to shade some light regarding your inquiry. The fact remains that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was of the Class of '34 and Nkrumah was of the Class of '35, which stands to reason that they were school-mates, even though Zik was one year ahead of Nkrumah. Therefore, the statement that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah did not arrive Lincoln until 1935 is not true! Hope this answers your question.
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HERE IS NNAMIDI AZIKIWE, AS PREMIER OF EASTERN NIGERIA, INTRODUCING AND PRESENTING KWAME NKRUMAH AND HIS ENTOURAGE TO THE EASTERN HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
Adeniran Adeboye
(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Honors Kwame Nkrumah on his Visit to Eastern Nigeria
In 1957 Ghana became the first nation in sub-Saharan Africa to win its independence from a colonial power (Great Britain). The independence struggle was led by Kwame Nkrumah who became the nation's first Prime Minister. Nkrumah visited Nigeria in 1959. He specifically toured Eastern Nigeria and visited the Eastern House of Assembly at Enugu, on February 3, 1959. Nnamdi Azikiwe used the occasion to give a speech honoring Prime Minister Nkrumah. That speech appears below.
Mr. Speaker, a rare honour is being done to this honourable House today. It is not a common thing for the Head of Government of an independent country to visit the Legislature of another territory, and to accord it the honour of addressing its House of Assembly. We sincerely appreciate this visit and we welcome to this House, with hearts overflowing with joy, Dr the Honourable Kwame Nkrumah and his galaxy of patriots.
It is a very special pleasure to us, because Dr Nkrumah is not merely the Prime Minister of Ghana, but is an outstanding pioneer in the fight for the freedom of a sister nation in West Africa. We who are battle-scarred and are now on the verge of attaining our statehood and who eagerly await the great day, 1st October, 1960, when, God willing, our dreams shall be realized, have been especially emboldened by the tenacity of purpose of Dr Nkrumah and his immortal comrades to make Ghana free. Indeed, Ghana's independence is the successful accomplishment of their lives' mission.
Mr. Speaker, may I recall the pertinent milestones in this historic struggle:
On 16th December 1947, Dr Nkrumah arrived back in his own country, after 12 years of study and preparation in the United States of America and Britain.
On 12th June 1949, Dr Nkrumah founded the Convention Peoples' Party.
On 13th February 1951, Dr Nkrumah left his place of lodging as a 'special guest of His Majesty's Government' and became the Leader of Government Business and ultimately the first Prime Minister of his country.
On 18th December 1956, the British House of Commons passed the Ghana Independence Bill.
On 5th February 1957, this Bill was also passed by the House of Lords.
The Ghana Independence Act received the Royal assent on 7th February 1957.
On 22nd February 1957, the Ghana (Constitution) Order in Council 1957 was made at the Court at Buckingham Palace.
On 6th March 1957, the Sovereign and Independent State of Ghana came into being and its first Parliament was opened.
These are some of the happenings in the life-time of all of us, of which we are living witnesses. But they are not the end. Honourable Members are fully aware of the Pan-African Conference which was held in Accra last year. I have no hesitation in saying that this conference has opened a new chapter in the history of this continent. We are on the eve of great events. A future Federation of independent West African States has made a beginning. It is my earnest hope that the Federation of Nigeria, soon to be independent, will play a worthy part in that larger Federation.
"The very diversity of our peoples, and customs and languages, means that we have much to contribute to each other. If we can keep the larger vision in view, if we do not spoil the opportunity that lies before us by petty and inglorious side issues, these African States may yet achieve what the independent and warring States of Europe and the volatile and sometimes undemocratic States of the Americas have never yet accomplished, that is, a unity undreamt-of; and become models of honest and democratic government, which will give hope to all Africa and offer a challenge to the rest of the world.
Mr Speaker, permit me to add a personal note in this address of welcome to my old friends. It gives me a personal pleasure that is indescribable to have Dr Nkrumah with us in our House of Assembly and to have him designated Prime Minister of Ghana. I remember so well the days, nearly twenty-five years ago, when, in spite of handicaps, many nationalists aspired and struggled together in order to win freedom for the country which used to be called the Gold Coast. I was then a new arrival at Accra and an energetic journalist in charge of the African Morning Post, whose motto was: 'Independent in all things and neutral in nothing affecting the destiny of Africa.'
Those were the days when party politics, even at their inchoate stage, reached a crisis at Accra, and for the first time in the history of Gold Coast politics, the Ratepayers' Association, composed mainly of the aristocrats, intellectuals and the landed gentry, was decisively defeated by the Mambii Party, the common peoples' party. That was during the 1935 municipal election to the Legislative Council. It was not long before I found myself in the warm embrace of the Sedition Ordinance: I and another nationalist, Mr. I. T. A. Wallace Johnson of Sierra Leone, were the first to experience a baptism of fire at a criminal trial under this most unpopular law.
It is all history now, it is true, but I can still see the gleam of hope and the dream of greatness which flashed in the eyes of a young 'merchant of light' who left us in Accra in to study in the United States and later covered himself with academic and political honours to the glory of his country and our race. He is now a fellow alumnus and a fraternity brother. On behalf of my Government and the eight million people who inhabit Eastern Nigeria, I salute him as one who has proved himself a victor after many bitter political campaigns, and I congratulate him as the first Prime Minister of the first sovereign and independent State in West Africa to emancipate itself from colonial tutelage.
May I also acclaim the entourage of my worthy comrade in the cause of human freedom. These men have made history and it is proper that we should honour them today. There is the Hon. Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Kodjo Botsio. How can I forget the gentleman who came down from Oxford University to London and volunteered to assist me and my colleagues in our secretarial work during the Pan-Nigerian delegation to London in '947? He was one of the best partners I ever had the privilege of playing with on the tennis courts. And we were a formidable combination! Then there is the Prime Minister's Adviser on African Affairs, Mr. George Padmore, whose association with me goes back to our university days in America, thirty-two years ago. He has proved himself to be a relentless fighter for the liberation of mankind.
Mr. Speaker, I welcome our distinguished guests in this honourable House with joy because their struggle and ours are identical in many respects. Indeed, history has shown that the struggle for freedom in Africa is an epic in the annals of humanity. Welcome to Nigeria, Kwame Nkrumah! 'Welcome to this corner of West Africa, Kodjo Tiotsio, Krobo Edusei, Kofi Baako! Welcome to Africa, the land of your grandsires and tile land of your dreams, George Padmore!
Finally, may I say that I look forward eagerly to the day when Nigerians, as citizens of a fully independent and sovereign State, can join our honoured guests and the people of Ghana not only in enjoying political freedom, but also in participating in the titanic struggle for the freedom of all Africa from exploitation in every form and, under God, create a hate-free, a fear-free, and a greed-free continent peopled by free men and women. And I pray that Almighty God may give us the strength to accomplish this herculean task which it has pleased history to assign to us.
Sources:
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Zik: A Selection from the Speeches of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor-General of the Federation of Nigeria formerly President of the Nigerian Senate formerly Premier of the Eastern Region of Nigeria (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961).On Nov 30, 2012, at 11:27 PM, Adeniran Adeboye wrote:
Mazi Collins et al,Would you kindly get Dr. Okeke to supply supporting evidence for the claims highlighted below? Clearly, the data I have shows that Azikiwe left Lincoln in 1934 and Nkrumah did not arrive there until 1935. I also have information from Azikiwe himself that belies any overlap in the times Azikiwe and Nkrumah spent at Lincoln University.Thanks,Adeniran Adeboye1. Zik was the pioneer of the Pan African movement which actually had its genesis at Lincoln University in the US, where Zik, Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Orizu, Mbadiwe, Ojike,etc., were all students.2. Zik was the senior student who mentored Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Ojike, Mbadiwe, Orizu, etc., at Lincoln University, in America.3. Zik was the founder of the first indigenous newspaper in Nigeria called the "Pilot" (not too sure of the name now), which he used to successfully spread his message of independence for Nigeria and other African countries;4. Zik was instrumental in delaying the independence for Nigeria in 1957, because he wanted to allow the northerners time to buy into the idea and join the west and the east in forming an independent Nigeria in October 1, 1960.5. Zik was recognized by the leaders of other African countries including Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta, as the champion of independence for African nations and that was how he earned the name "Zik of Africa". It goes back to the formative day at Lincoln University when Zik was their mentor on the movement to free all African Nations from Brithish, French, Spanish, rule.Jide Olarenwaju's so called "Real Story of Nigeria" is simply shameful and annoying - to say the lease.Sincerely,On Nov 30, 2012, at 11:56 AM, inno chima wrote:Mazi Collins,thanks for your comments.May you know that I am well to do and only writing for posterity just as those before us did.Have I not read from the great Zik,Achebe, and others I probably may not have figured out that we need to leave a trail for those coming behind to follow.It will be wonderful too to read minds like yours in form of a Book Publication just like Americans do at every turn.This pushed me to write .
Again this is coming from an accomplished intellectual and a well-to do Pharmacist. And as an Aro Man,we lead and you follow!Thanks Bro.
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Mazi Inno Chima,
This is a serious matter! So, I'll advice you to cease exploiting it for mercantilist gains through a book publication you've been shoving down our throat. Thats a salesmanship overkill that could backfire!! I recently read Evelyn similarly cautioning you along the same line.
Late Godson Offoaro actually wrote a book about Zik; I think it is entitled "ZIK: THE LAST CAMPAIGNS." Try to grab a copy.
Ndewo,
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Do we need to write the History of Nigeria to showcase a group that is all over the World and Nigeria.Their presence and their ways of life is their history already written and being written. Suffice that to say that at intervals through the works of Azikiwe, Achebe,Adichie,Chudi Uwazurike and many other writers of Igbo Origin,such remains a continua.I was aware of this when I took it up to chronicle and document the support as well as the disagreement of Igbo's for Abiola's June 12 Election alongside other Nigerians.Yes it was a History worth documenting well and I did,being also a major participant."Soldiers Of Democracy" it is and few weeks away from publishing.This much I learnt from my American odyssey.Stay Tunned!Mazi Inno ChimahOchi Agha Oma,Aro-Ndizuogu
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Then Ndi Igbo should organize and write their own history of Nigerian. Like as I said before, the history of
Nigeria written by Yorubas that are in many Libraries all over the World are bunch of distortions and lies intentionally
put together to exclude Ndi Igbo in the making of Nigeria. No matter how much and how long we shout on the
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Jide Olarenwaju even went as far as praising Nkrumah of Ghana and Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya as champions of Africa's fight for independence. However, his information source/sources did not tell him the following:1. Zik was the pioneer of the Pan African movement which actually had its genesis at Lincoln University in the US, where Zik, Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Orizu, Mbadiwe, Ojike,etc., were all students.2. Zik was the senior student who mentored Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Ojike, Mbadiwe, Orizu, etc., at Lincoln University, in America.3. Zik was the founder of the first indigenous newspaper in Nigeria called the "Pilot" (not too sure of the name now), which he used to successfully spread his message of independence for Nigeria and other African countries;4. Zik was instrumental in delaying the independence for Nigeria in 1957, because he wanted to allow the northerners time to buy into the idea and join the west and the east in forming an independent Nigeria in October 1, 1960.5. Zik was recognized by the leaders of other African countries including Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta, as the champion of independence for African nations and that was how he earned the name "Zik of Africa". It goes back to the formative day at Lincoln University when Zik was their mentor on the movement to free all African Nations from Brithish, French, Spanish, rule.Jide Olarenwaju's so called "Real Story of Nigeria" is simply shameful and annoying - to say the lease.I suspect that this is aimed at ERASING THE IGBOS FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH with the stroke of a pen.Dr. Mike Okeke, IfekankuAtlantaFrom: IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Ejiofor
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Thank you very much, Dr. Okeke. I did watch the subjective documentary fully just to be sure of its contortionist consistency. Could you imagine that the first time Zik was mentioned with any significance was in relation to the funding of NCNC by Okotie Eboh? Nothing was said about the first president of the first senate. Indeed, this is not history - just a slanted documentary. There is nothing new to learn from it except the exposed need for Igbo contemporary historians to step up and document our own story in a manner that will be comprehensible by our newer generation. I do not need to write more as you have captured my mood after watching that thing early this morning.
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Subject: [IgboWorldForum] RE: REWRITING NIGERIAN HISTORY "Real Story of Nigeria". by Jide OlarenwajuThis so called "Real Story of Nigeria" documentary by Mr. Jide Olarenwaju is disappointing and unfortunate. His tribalistic bias against Igbos is so very obvious.Mr. Jide Olarenwaju clearly eliminated the pioneer contributions of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr. Mbadiwe, Mazi Mbonu Ojike, etc., in the foundation of Nigeria. He described Major Nzeogwu as a flippant Igbo army officer. He projected the northerners and westerners as those who initiated the move and lay the foundation for Nigeria's independence.If his documentary should be accepted as the "REAL STORY OF NIGERIA" as he wants the world to believe, then I have few questions for him:1. How did Zik become the first Governor General of Nigeria in 1960 when Nigeria gained her independence if he was not the leader of the movement for independence? Did Zik come from nowhere and used Igbo voodoo to blind all the people and become the first indigenous Governor General of Nigeria? Interestingly, Jide never mentioned in his "REAL STORY OF NIGERIA", that Nigeria had a Governor General who took over the control of Nigeria from the British at independence in 1960. He obviously deliberately left it out so as to accomplish his mission of taking Zik and his accomplishments out of the picture.2. Who was the first President of Nigeria in 1963 when Nigeria became a Republic? It was Zik. How can Jide Olarenwaju present his "REAL STORY OF NIGERIA" and forget to mention that Nigeria became a Republic in 1963? Achieving a Republic status after 3 years of independence was/is a milestone in Nigerian history which any unbiased historian cannot sweep under the rug even if it hurts him/her to mention it. But Jide left out that vital part of the Nigerian history because mentioning it will force him to acknowledge that Zik was the first Nigerian President.I cannot help but believe that Mr. Jide Olarenwaju's intention in his documentary is to REWRITE THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA SO AS TO DECEIVE THE YOUNGER AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF NIGERIANS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.What a wasted effort!!! I only watched the video half way and stopped because the lies and distortions were unbearable to me.Dr. Mike Okeke, "Ifekanku"AtlantaPublishing Editor
Real story of Nigeria. A must watch for all Nigerians and Africans.
- super great history work.... study d past to re-shape the future... Kudos to the creator of these.. same clips dat rozay used in his video he shot in 9ja
- Fela is was and will always be a hero
- Damn, why do everyone, I mean everyone in this documentary speak better english than most Nigerians today? Because they still had a considerable amount of caucasians in their midst?!!!
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- Wondering out loud, during the Queen's visit in '56, why do the people in the streets look WAAY better than the "regular" folks on the streets of Nigeria today almost 60 years after??? Anyways, good watch, actually a must watch!
- Wow, massively informative and impressive as well. I'm an adult Nigerian and I am not ashamed to say I learnt a lot from this mini film and I will be sharing it. Many thanks for sharing. Brilliant work, once again.
- Can you please make this video viewable on mobile devices and is there anywhere that this video can be purchased?
- SIR hamondu bello said all important post as been headby northerner. they still want to do that today.
- Great work you have put together! Leaves a lot to think about in terms of how to bring about the much desired change in our dear country...
- This is the part of history of our nation that we were never taught in schools which is extremely sad. Every Nigerian should know about our great nation and how we came to be. The events which shaped it and the key role players. I have thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Thank you.
SirDeno
They said the revolution will not be televised. Then came Al Jazeera and twitter has them paralyzed.
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