Word: onitsha
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...They call him Zik. He was born in Onitsha in southern Nigeria on Nov. 16, 1904. His father was a hard-working Government clerk who carefully saved his money to educate his children. In 1925, with $1,200 of his father's retirement gratuity, Zik reached the U.S., enrolled at Storer College.* His current U.S. trip is to get an honorary Lit.D. at Storer this week and to deliver the commencement address. His text: Tom Paine's "These are the times that try men's souls...
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