98th birthday of Eni Njoku

Professor Njoku in conversation with a colleague, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, circa 1967

(Born 6 November 1917, Ebem Ohaafia, Igboland)

Renowned botanist, foundational vice-chancellor (president) of University of Lagos, 1962, followed by University of Biafra  vice-chancellorship, member of team of distinguished envoys appointed by the Biafran resistance government  during the Igbo genocide, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, to travel and inform the world of this raging first genocide of post-(European)conquest Africa by Nigeria and its allies, principally Britain under the prime ministership of Harold Wilson

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