Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe(Born 17 May 1951, Onicha, Biafra)
TOWERING goalkeeper of the majestic and indomitable Enuugwu Rangers International, the football club during the 1970s-1980s, which, arguably, most symbolises the dogged and resilient spirit of Igbo people in the wake of the cataclysmic genocide, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, phases I-III, the foundational genocide of post-(European)conquest Africa, when Hausa-Fulani/islamist jihadist-led Nigeria and its suzerain state Britain under the premiership of Harold Wilson murder 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population
(Tina Brooks Sextet, “Back to the tracks” [personnel: Brooks, tenor saxophone; Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Jackie McLean, alto saxophone; Kenny Drew, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, US, 1 September 1960)
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