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d. 1996
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (November 16, 1904 – May 11, 1996) was the President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. He was the first person to assume the office of the Nigerian Presidency.
Also known as: Azikiwe
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There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.
My Odyssey (1971)
Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.
My life is a pilgrimage from the unknown to the unknown. I do not know whence I emanated or whither I am bound.
My Odyssey (1970)
No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.
My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?
These experiences convince me that man is, at heart, innately sociable and ardently desires the fellowship of humanity, irrespective of race; yet social forces hasten the disintegration of the social structure by irrational codes of behaviour and conventions.
My Odyssey (1970)
We had to use dialogue in Nigeria, we knew that we had many soldiers of Nigeria origin, but they were inferior. In those days, the highest you could get was Sergeant Major.
Many years after, the ideals of Lincoln persisted in me and I kept watching and I noticed that the presidents take the personal interest of the students and did all they could to help.
The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance, which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration, to realizing economic determination, becoming mentally emancipated, and ushering in a political resurgence.
Nevertheless, the motto of Garveyism appealed to me.— “One God, One Aim, One Destiny’—and I resolved to formulate my philosophy of life, so far as was practicable, towards the evangelisation of universal fatherhood, universal brotherhood, and universal happiness.
My Odyssey (1970)
The year 1913 is important to me because it signified the time when I had to assist nature in my habiliments. Hitherto, my father had been approached by my aunt, Azumdialo, to purchase a pair of boots for me.
My Odyssey (1970)