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Prince Ben Okolo meeting the colourised photo of his grandfather Eze Nri Obalike.
Prince Ben Okolo meeting the colourised photo of his grandfather Eze Nri Obalike. “Ben Okolo was born in 1926, a year prior to Obalike’s ‘long journey’ – Prince Ben was told about the joy the Eze Nri Obalike felt when holding his grandson in his arms when a baby.
Prince Ben hopes to erect a museum at the site of Obalike’s Palace featuring N. W. Thomas’s photographs to memorialise his grandfather.” – Paul Basu.
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Chuka Odike. “Prince Ben Okolo meeting the colourised photo of his grandfather Eze Nri Obalike..” Ozikoro, 2024. https://ozikoro.com/prince-ben-okolo-meeting-the-colourised-photo-of-his-grandfather-eze-nri-obalike/
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