- Born
- Died
- Birth nameChukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Nickname
- Emeka
- Odumegwu Ojukwu was born on November 4, 1933 in Zungeru, Nigeria. He was married to Njideka, Bianca Odinaka Onoh and Stella Onyeador. He died on November 26, 2011 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesNjideka(1962 - 2010) (her death)Bianca Odinaka Onoh(1944 - November 26, 2011) (his death)Stella Onyeador(? - 2009) (her death)
- Military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria (1966-1967).
- Head of the secessionist state of Biafra (1967-1970) during the Nigerian civil war.
- He suffered a stroke at his home in Enugu, Nigeria in December 2010 and was seeking treatment in London, England when he died.
- Son of Sir Louis Phillipe Odumegwu Ojukwu, a wealthy Nigerian entrepreneur, who died in 1966.
- He studied at Kings College in Lagos, Nigeria; Epson College in Surrey, England; and Lincoln College at Oxford University in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England where he graduated with honors in history in 1955.
- [on May 30, 1967] Long live the Republic of Biafra.
- [on Shakespeare] Hamlet was my favorite. I wonder what the psychiatrists will make of that.
- [on comparing Biafrans to Israelis] The Israelis are hard-working, enterprising people. So are we. They've suffered from pogroms. So have we. In many ways, we share the same promise and the same problems.
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