Mental Emancipation

Zik and the Influence of Zikism in Pan Africanism

Zik is known as Nigeria’s most influential Nationalist but less is known as a larger than life figure when it ccomes to pan africanism. ZIK’s wake up call to pan-africanism began when he dropped the official use of ‘Benjamin’, his Christian baptismal name. The incident that led to this was his disqualification on technical grounds…

The Visionary Role of Nnamdi Azikiwe in Founding the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as Nigeria’s First Indigenous University in 1960.

The story of higher education in Nigeria is incomplete without the towering figure of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, popularly known as “Zik of Africa.” As Nigeria approached its independence in 1960, the quest for self-determination was not limited to the political arena; it extended into the intellectual and cultural spheres. Azikiwe recognized that for a newly…

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