Nwafor Orizu

Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu (GCON) (17 July 1914 – 1999) was a Nigerian politician and statesman who served as President of the Nigerian Senate from 1963 to 1966. Orizu was also Acting President of Nigeria from late 1965 until the 1966 coup d'état in January 1966. Quotes The type of education that is safe for our peace is the education that has no bitterness.” he talks on education Can it be that my Africa is without brothers?” Africa; Africa: a people or a land?; the awakening of Africa; independent states in Africa; it is not in our star; Nigeria; Nigeria: a leading protectorate nation; the Nigerian government before the british came; british in Nigeria; reflections on the future of Nigeria; imperialism in Africa; what price christianity in Africa?; imperialism as Africa thinks of it; Africa and democracy; the African view of democracy; the democracy we want; independence for west Africa; concerning England and America; what England means to me; America: the daughter of untrammeled intelligence; the role of the negro in post-war Africa; Zikism; zikism: a universal philosophy; zikism: a social faith; economic zikism; political zikism; religious zikism; beyond animalism; the tragedy of the limited view; the citizens of the world; without bitterness. Quotes about Nwafor Orizu That was why he boldly kicked against it when he launched the Horizontal Education. This was the broad-based American styled curriculum that would explore, develop and utilize fully the human potentials and talents for full growth and emancipation. His motto, “To educate the mind is to liberate it”, was applied in my upbringing. Apart from this, my father authored thirteen published books, about ten yet -to- be published manuscripts. During the Colonial era in Nigeria, the plan of the then imperial masters was to train Africans on the narrow perpendicular educational curriculum in order to prepare them for civil service only. My father was an American trained intellectual who then could appreciate the stagnation in knowledge and future economic deficit subtly enshrined in this limited perpendicular curriculum. Dad inspired my writing -Nwafor-Orizu While the likes of Nwafor-Orizu were in the trenches fighting for Nigerian independence, and pushing the British out, and in turn being blackmailed and jailed, the likes of Ahmadu Bello known collaborator with British colonialism and its neo-colonial aims n Nigeria, were vociferous against the independence movement, and the emergence of Nigeria as a free and United nation. Nwafor Orizu was President of Nigeria One pivotal figure who symbolised the fall of the first republic was Dr. Prince Akweke Abyssinia Nwafor Orizu, the senate president on whom fate foisted the interim leadership of Nigeria in the absence of the then ceremonial President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Nigeria: The Forgotten Interim President External links Category:1915 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Politicians from Nigeria