Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe (1904–1996), nke a na-akpọkarị "Zik of Africa", bụ onye ndú ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na onye edemede Igbo. Ọ bụ onye isi ala mbụ nke Naịjịrịa n’afọ 1963, ma bụrụkwa otu n’ime ndị guzobere mba ahụ. Azikiwe bụ onye kwadoro nnwere onwe, na onye gosipụtara na idei ide Igbo nwere ike inye aka gbanwee Africa. Ọ bụkwa onye guzobere mahadum mbụ nkeonwe n'Africa — University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Okwu ndị ọkwuru

• "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

— Nnamdi Azikiwe, *Zik: A Selection from the Speeches of Nnamdi Azikiwe* (1973)

• "It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces."

— Nnamdi Azikiwe, AllAfrica News, June 2004

• "Show the light and the people will find the way."

— Nnamdi Azikiwe, motto of the *West African Pilot* newspaper