USA Africa Dialogue Series - Azikiwe, Orizu in the "Talk of the Town" section of the New Yorker Magazine, December 16, 1944

 

The Talk of the Town

Azikiwe

by Janet Flanner, Chandler Brossard, and Russell Maloney December 16, 1944

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Keywords

Africa -Central;

Authors;

Nigeria;

Orizu, Akweke (Prince);

Columbia University;

American Council on African Education

Talk story about Prince Orizu of Nigeria, whose book "Without Bitterness" has just been published. The Prince, a black-skinned, highly articulate young man, has been in this country five years getting a thoroughly American education at Ohio State & Columbia Universities. He specialized in political science, government, administration, and international law, & received his master's degree at Columbia. Orizu's purpose in writing a book was to convince his readers that Africa is a continent to be taken seriously. He discusses the future of Africa in terms of a philosophy of his own which he has named Zikism. Explanation of the word. The Prince is also plugging for Afro-American solidarity through an organization called the American Council of African Education, a body principally concerned with getting African students into American colleges on scholarships. Columbia University has already offered 150 scholarships.