(Born 13 May 1911, Onicha, Biafra)
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
ERUDITE human rights lawyer, distinguished international jurist at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, 1962-1966 during which he sets up the defining international legal protocols that ensure the restoration-of-independence for African peoples in Namibia from the European World occupation; Biafran chief justice and ambassador extraordinary in the resistance government against the Igbo genocide, one of the leading intellectuals who defends the people throughout the duration of phases I-III of this genocide by Nigeria and its suzerain state Britain led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the foundational genocide of post-(European) conquest Africa, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, in which 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population are murdered; Justice Mbanefo possesses that distinct scholar’s contemplative persona that has come to define the insistent resilience of the Biafra freedom movement
ERUDITE human rights lawyer, distinguished international jurist at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, 1962-1966 during which he sets up the defining international legal protocols that ensure the restoration-of-independence for African peoples in Namibia from the European World occupation; Biafran chief justice and ambassador extraordinary in the resistance government against the Igbo genocide, one of the leading intellectuals who defends the people throughout the duration of phases I-III of this genocide by Nigeria and its suzerain state Britain led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the foundational genocide of post-(European) conquest Africa, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, in which 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population are murdered; Justice Mbanefo possesses that distinct scholar’s contemplative persona that has come to define the insistent resilience of the Biafra freedom movement
(John Coltrane Quintet, “Brasilia” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: live, at The Village Vanguard, New York, US, 1-3 & 5 November 1961])
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe
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