91st birthday of Theophilus Enwezor Nzegwu

(Born 3 July 1928, Onicha, Biafra)

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

DISTINGUISHED electrical engineer, academic, air force pilot, okee nwoke mmadu

electrical engineer: plays key role in expanded electrification programme in Igwe Ocha, Biafra’s Oshimili Delta, and elsewhere in Biafra, and Nigeria, in the early 1950s on return from the United States where he had studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

academic: particularly meritorious career at both Kumasi College of Technology School of Engineering (now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Ghana, 1955-1958, and Royal Air Force Halton School of Technical Training, England, where he is flying instructor, 1959-1964

air force pilot: Royal Air Force – commissioned flying officer, July 1959 and becomes flight lieutenant, 1962; pioneer air force pilot major and commander, Nigeria air force, September 1964

(Red Garland Quintet, “All mornin’ long” [personnel: Garland, piano; Donald Bryd, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; George Joyner, bass; Art Taylor, drums;  recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, US, 15 November 1957]) 

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe’s recently published books on the Igbo genocide are The longest genocide – since 29 May 1966 (2019) and co-author, with Lakeson Okwuonicha, of Why #DonaldTrump is #great for #Africa (2018)

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90th birthday of Theophilus Enwezor Nzegwu

(Born 3 July 1928, Onicha, Biafra)

DISTINGUISHED electrical engineer, academic and air force pilot, okee nwoke mmadu – electrical engineer: plays key role in expanded electrification programme in Igwe Ocha in Biafra’s Oshimili Delta and elsewhere in Biafra, and Nigeria, in the early 1950s on return from the United States where he had studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; academic: particularly meritorious career at both Kumasi College of Technology School of Engineering (now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Ghana (1955-1958) and RAF Halton School of Technical Training, England, where he is flying instructor (1959-1964); air force pilot: Royal Air Force (commissioned flying officer, July 1959; becomes flight lieutenant, 1962), pioneer air force pilot major and commander, Nigeria air force, September 1964

(John Coltrane Quartet, “Acknowledgement” {part-I of A Love Supreme suite} [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones,  drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US, 9 December 1964])

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88th birthday of Theophilus Enwezor Nzegwu

(Born 3 July 1928, Onicha, Biafra)

First class electrical engineer MIT-trained scientist and pilot, okee nwoke mmadu, plays key role in expanded electrification programme in Igwe Ocha and elsewhere in Biafra, and Nigeria, in the early 1950s on return from the United States, academic – particularly meritorious career at both Kumasi College of Technology School of Engineering (now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Ghana (1955-1958) and RAF Halton School of Technical Training, England where he is flying instructor (1959-1964), air force pilot, Royal Air Force (commissioned flying officer, July 1959; becomes flight lieutenant, 1962), pioneer air force pilot major and commander, Nigeria air force, September 1964

(Louis Armstrong, the incomparable maestro, here sings Bob Thiele and George David Weiss’ composition, “What a wonderful world”)

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87th birthday of Theophilus Enwezor Nzegwu

(Born 3 July 1928, Onicha, Igboland)

First class electrical engineer MIT-trained scientist and pilot, plays key role in expanded electrification programme in Igwe Ocha/Port Harcourt and elsewhere in Nigeria in the early 1950s, academic – particularly meritorious career at both Kumasi College of Technology School of Engineering (now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Ghana (1955-1958) and RAF Halton School of Technical Training, England, where he is also flying instructor (1959-1964), air force pilot, Royal Air Force (commissioned flying officer, July 1959; becomes flight lieutenant, 1962), pioneer air force pilot major and commander, Nigeria air force, September 1964

Louis Armstrong here sings Bob Thiele and George David Weiss’ composition, “What a wonderful world”

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86th birthday of Theophilus Enwezor Nzegwu

(Born 3 July 1928, Onicha, Igboland)

First class electrical engineer MIT-trained scientist and pilot, plays key role in expanded electrification programme in Igwe Ocha/Port Harcourt and elsewhere in Nigeria in the early 1950s, academic – particularly meritorious career at both Kumasi College of Technology School of Engineering, Ghana (1955-1958) and RAF Halton School of Technical Training, England, where he is also flying instructor (1959-1964), air force pilot, Royal Air Force (commissioned flying officer, July 1959; becomes flight lieutenant, 1962), pioneer air force pilot major and commander, Nigeria air force, September 1964  

Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe