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Chinua Achebe
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Teachers
- Famous Scorpios
Chinua Achebe
Educator, Publisher, Author / 1930 -
Chinua Achebe is best known for his novel Things Fall Apart.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
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- Famous Scorpios
- Famous People Born in 1904
- Famous Howard University Alumni
Nnamdi Azikiwe
World Leader, Journalist / 1904 - 1996
Nnamdi Azikiwe founded newspapers in Ghana and Nigeria before serving as the first president of independent Nigeria from 1963 to 1966.
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Olaudah Equiano
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- Black Writers
- Name Changers
- Famous Black Activists
Olaudah Equiano
Activist, Journalist / 1745 - 1797
Olaudah Equiano wrote an autobiography depicting his experience in slavery. It served as one of the first testimonies in the abolition movement. -
Wole Soyinka
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- Fantastic Facial Hair
- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Activists
Wole Soyinka
Activist, Playwright / 1934 -
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. -
Ernesto Cardenal
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- Famous Aquarians
- Famous Priests
- Columbia University Alumni
Ernesto Cardenal
Activist, Priest, Poet / 1925 -
Ernesto Cardenal is a revolutionary Nicaraguan poet and Roman Catholic priest who is considered the second most important Nicaraguan poet, after Rubén Darío.
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
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- Famous People Born in 1951
- Famous Nigerians
- Famous People Who Died on May 5
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
World Leader / 1951 - 2010
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was the 13th president of Nigeria for 3 years before his death in 2010.
profile name: Chinua Achebe profile occupation: Educator, Publisher, Author
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profile name: Olaudah Equiano profile occupation: Activist, Journalist
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profile name: Wole Soyinka profile occupation: Activist, Playwright
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profile name: Nnamdi Azikiwe profile occupation: World Leader, Journalist
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profile name: Ernesto Cardenal profile occupation: Activist, Priest, Poet
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profile name: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua profile occupation: World Leader
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