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This Week In Igbo History
1922 (Jul. 22)
Benjamin Nzeribe, first Deputy Speaker of Nigeria, is born.
On 7/22/1922, Benjamin Uzoukwu Nzeribe was born in Awo-Omamma, Imo. He would find his way to Stanford University, Cornell University before returning to develop his homeland. He was elected as the deputy speaker of the first Nigerian republic. He died on 06/2/2018 aged 95.
This Year in Igbo History
1900 (Jan. 1)
The British Establish Southern Nigeria Protectorate
The 1900 establishment of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate brought the Igbo under formal British colonial administration, disrupting traditional governance and introducing indirect rule.
2019 (Jan. 8)
Author, Chigozie Obioma publishes the Booker Prize nominated "An Orchestra of Minorities"
Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra of Minorities brings everyday Igbo struggles—like poverty, migration, and the weight of tradition—into focus through a story that feels personal and familiar. By using the chi to narrate, he connects modern life to the spiritual beliefs many Igbo people grew up with.
1970 (Jan. 14)
Biafra War Ends
In 01/14/1970, Philip Effion, deputy to Biafran General Ojukwu ends the 3 year war by signing surrender papers with Federal Army's General Yakubu Gowon
2021 (Feb. 2)
Louis Chude-Sokei, named after his father—the commander of the Biafran Air Force—published the memoir "Floating in a Most Peculiar Way."
Born in 1967 on the day of Nigeria's declaration of war, he is the author of several influential works, including The Last Darky (2006), The Sound of Culture (2015), and his memoir Floating in a Most Peculiar Way (2021). Chude-Sokei served as the director of the African American and Black Diaspora Studies Program at Boston University from 2017 to 2025 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for General Nonfiction in 2025.
2021 (Feb. 15)
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
On 02/15/2021, Okonjo-Iweala was unanimously appointed as the Director-General on 15 February. She is the first woman and and the first African to lead the WTO at that top position. Okonjo-Iweali was born on June 13th 1954 in Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta State into the Obahai royal family.
1968 (Mar. 15)
Lt. Colonel Louis Austin Chude-Sokei, commander of Biafran Air Forces, dies aged 31
A British-trained officer and one of Biafra’s top military leaders, Chude-Sokei led daring air operations for the secessionist state. Under his leadership, the Air Force undertook significant operations, including the audacious hijacking of a Nigeria Airways Fokker F27 aircraft from Benin to Enugu, which was repurposed for Biafran use. He was killed by Nigerian mortar fire on March 15, 1968, at the age of 31, during a strategic meeting in Ogidi.