151st birthday of WEB Du Bois

(Born 23 February 1868, Great Barrington, Mass, US)

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

SOCIOLOGIST, historian, African peoples-centred scholar, freedom activist extrordinaire, towering public intellectual – decades before “public intellectual” becomes in vogue albeit problematically

(Marcus Roberts Trio – with expanded ensemble, “Deep in the shed” [Roberts, piano; Roland Guerin, bass; Jason Marsalis, drums; solos from expanded ensemble: Etienne Charles, trumpet; Ron Westray, trombone; Wess Anderson, alto saxophone; recorded: live, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, US, 1 February 2008])

*****Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is author of the recently published The longest genocide – since 29 May 1966 (2019)  (https://re-thinkingafrica.blogspot.com/2019/01/published-longest-genocide-since-29-may.html)

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150th birthday of WEB Du Bois

(Born 23 February 1868, Great Barrington, Mass, US)

Sociologist, historian, African peoples-centred scholar, freedom activist extrordinaire, towering public intellectual – decades before “public intellectual” becomes in vogue

(John Coltrane Quartet,  “Equinox” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Steve Davis, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: Atlantic Studios, New York, US, 26 October 1960])

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88th birthday of Victor Uchendu

(Born 1 January 1930, Nsirimo, Biafra)

Sociologist and one of the leading scholars on Igbo civilisation

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155th birthday of Ida B Wells

(Born 16 July 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi, US)

SOCIOLOGIST, celebrated investigative journalist and unrelenting exponent of African American freedom

(John Coltrane Sextet, “Blue train” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone, Lee Morgan, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Kenny Drew, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, US, 15 September 1957])

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149th birthday of WEB Du Bois

(Born 23 February 1868, Great Barrington, Mass, US)

Sociologist, historian, African-centred scholar and freedom activist, towering public intellectual – decades before “public intellectual” becomes in vogue

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87th birthday of Victor Uchendu

(Born 1 January 1930, Nsirimo, Biafra)

Sociologist and one of the leading scholars on Igbo civilisation

Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe