75th birthday of Chuks Ihekaibeya

(Born 5 January 1942, Umuahia, Biafra)

ERUDITE scholar, diplomat, member of the crucial communication directorate of the Biafran resistance government during the Igbo genocide, carried out by Hausa-Fulani/islamist-controlled Nigeria and its suzerain state Britain, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, during which 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population are murdered in this foundational genocide of post(European)conquest Africa

(Charles Mingus, the iconoclastic bassist and composer, plays the piano: spontaneous compositions and improvisations... [personnel: Mingus, piano; recorded: Impulse!, New York, 30 July 1963])

Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe

74th birthday of Chuks Ihekaibeya

(Born 5 January 1942, Umuahia, Biafra)

Erudite scholar, diplomat, member of the crucial communication directorate of the Biafran resistance government during the Igbo genocide, carried out by Nigeria and its suzerain state Britain, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, during which 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population are murdered in this foundational genocide of post(European)conquest Africa

(Charles Mingus, the iconoclastic bassist and composer, plays the piano: spontaneous compositions and improvisations... [personnel: Mingus, piano; recorded: Impulse!, New York, 30 July 1963])

Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe

73rd birthday of Chuks Ihekaibeya

(Born 5 January 1942, Umuahia, Biafra)

Erudite scholar, “intellectual aristocrat of urbane and liberal temperament”, as friend, colleague and perceptive poet Niyi Osundare states, diplomat, member of the crucial communication directorate of the Biafran resistance government during the Igbo genocide, carried out by Nigeria and key ally Britain, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, during which 3.1 million Igbo or one-quarter of this nation’s population are murdered

Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe

72nd birthday of Chuks Ihekaibeya

(Born 5 January 1942, Umuahia, Igboland)

Erudite scholar, “intellectual aristocrat of urbane and liberal temperament”, as friend, colleague and perceptive poet Niyi Osundare states, diplomat, member of the crucial communication directorate of the Biafran resistance government during the Igbo genocide, carried out by Nigeria, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970

Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe