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Sunday, March 03, 2019

Nigerian History

At age 30, Nnamdi Azikiwe was selected to represent Nigeria in the long-distance running events of the 1934 British Empire Games in England but He was rejected by the organisers because he dropped his Christian name, ''Benjamin''.





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17 comments:

  1. TEEJAY~ {BIG TEE EZEGE}3 March 2019 at 12:33

    So the whites oppression on the blacks dated long ago as nature itself. Was there anything wrong with his native names?

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  2. Jessi��❤3 March 2019 at 12:44

    But why did he drop his Christian name?

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    1. Ms Saphire®3 March 2019 at 20:53

      Pride. Not in a bad way but healthy pride.

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  3. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 13:12

    Looking good @ 30 Pappi

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  4. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 13:21

    The picture is of Zik in his college football gear.

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  5. Munch Mee party foods and small chops. 08033833239,08189706279.3 March 2019 at 13:27

    Delay isn't denial.
    That didn't stop his being great.

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  6. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 13:56

    Exactly what I've been trying to do. Why should I bear an English name? Am I English? I've told people severally to calm me my Igbo name, but they keep calling me that English shit. Non of my kids will bear an English name in the first place.

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    1. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 15:49

      13:56 your choice your Buisness. do what you please

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  7. Keke3 March 2019 at 13:59

    Great man, little did we know, they started from little beginnings.....inspirational

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  8. Keke3 March 2019 at 14:02

    ......but today's great men wants to happen like a "bang"
    No be so o....despise not the days of little beginnings.

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  9. David Okon3 March 2019 at 14:24

    Why dropping name in your certificate? Truth need to be told, Zik match line for unnecessarily trying to be smart.

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  10. Jamesfantasy3 March 2019 at 14:41

    I doubt if that was his main reason,cos i don't see anything wrong with "Benjamin"...

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  11. chika Vincent3 March 2019 at 15:17

    Mayben he forget to Add his English Name..And the Native Name was Difficult for them to Pronounce..

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  12. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 15:41

    That is how my lecturer kept asking me if I dont have an English name. Even since I left naija, I prefer my native names same with the South Africans

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  13. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 17:02

    ...and that is why we must keep collecting our dues from them in any form, street it is.

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  14. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 17:05

    How can you find anything wrong with "Benjamin", when you have two slave names, yourself.

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  15. Anonymous3 March 2019 at 17:12

    Africans should have Africans names. How many Europeans have Africans names? why are you bothered about if they can pronounce Africans names or not. How many Europeans have changed their names because we can't pronounce them. Be proud of yourself.

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