(Born 3 July 1928, Onicha, Biafra)
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
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)
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe
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
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)
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe
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