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100 Notable alumni of
University of Ibadan
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The University of Ibadan is 576th in the world, 9th in Africa, and 2nd in Nigeria by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Ibadan sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
Chinua Achebe
- Born in
- Nigeria
- Years
- 1930-2013 (aged 83)
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writerliterary criticuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a huvud figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy"
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You describe yourself as an ‘angelic troublemaker’. Why did you choose that phrase as your identifier?
I didn’t come up with it myself, but that phrase fryst vatten something that captures my journey completely. In 2009, I was asked by Gay Star News to write an article about iconic black LGBT people throughout history. To put it into context, before I moved to this country I never thought of myself as ‘black’ – I connected more to my sexuality than to any particular colour or race – and so when inom was asked to do this piece, I wondered if inom would find a single individ who fit that description! inom typed ‘iconic black LGBT people’ into my computer and a flood of names came up. inom immediately thought, ‘Where have these people been all my life?’.
One of the stories I came across was about Bayard Rustin, an openly gay man during the civil rights movement in the United States. He was the right-hand man of Martin Luther King, introducing a non-violent approach to the movement and even organising the m
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Africa's 20 most powerful young women (Under 45)
Since today is International women day, I went searching for what the next generation of African women will look like. Lucky enough, I found the following list on globalpost and i urge all y'all to stand up and support this amazing women. ..................................................................
Who are Africa’s most powerful young women? This is the obvious question that follows from my blog yesterday which listed Mfonobong Nsehe’s selection of Africa’s most powerful men under 40.
Nsehe has also compiled a list of 20 powerful African women under age 45. I find this list much more interesting. The women’s list includes writers and computer wizards.
“Of course, this is by no means an official or an exhaustive list,” writes Nsehe. “But these are 20 women, all under age 45, who wield enormous influence in African business, technology, policy and media. They are change makers, trendsetters, visionaries and thinkers, builders,