5. Marcus Garvey returned to Jamaica from England in July 1914. With the help of an associate Enos J. Sloly and about four others, he created the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League and launched it on 1st August 1914 which is Emancipation Day in British-ruled...
Here Nnamdi Azikiwe, future first President of Nigeria, delivers an address to his fellow fraternity members at the Banneker High School Auditorium, Washington, D.C., on December 27, 1949, at the 35th Anniversary of the Phi Beta Sigma Read more 0 Likes 0 Shares fave Source: Black Past De...
Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first president of independent Nigeria (1963–66) and a prominent nationalist figure. Azikiwe attended various primary and secondary mission schools in Onitsha, Calabar, and Lagos. He arrived in the United States in 1925, where he
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was its first federal prime minister—he had held that position since 1957—and Nnamdi Azikiwe became its president of the Senate, which was a largely ceremonial role. Following a UN-supervised referendum in 1961, the northern part of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons ...
Nigeria became an independent country on October 1, 1960.Abubakar Tafawa Balewawas its first federal prime minister—he had held that position since 1957—andNnamdi Azikiwebecame its president of the Senate, which was a largely ceremonial role. Following aUN-supervised referendum in 1961, the northe...
Nigeria became an independent country on October 1, 1960.Abubakar Tafawa Balewawas its first federal prime minister—he had held that position since 1957—andNnamdi Azikiwebecame its president of the Senate, which was a largely ceremonial role. Following aUN-supervised referendum in 1961, the northe...
Nnamdi AzikiweNnamdi Azikiwe, 1953. After the 1930s political activities focused primarily on ways to end British rule. A national party, the Nigerian Youth Movement, emerged in 1934, and its members won elections to the Legislative Council. After 1940 political activities were broadened to include...