M.Sc, writer, artist, publisher, farmer, herbalist; b: Benin City, so:Edo; manied; nc:two s, one d; ed: Salvation Army School, Ibadan; Eweka Memorial School, Benin City; Yaba Technical Institute (now Yaba College of Technology); Leeds College of Commerce; Liverpool University; Salford University, England, cr: Cashier, Barclays Bank Nigeria Limited (now Union Bank of Nigeria Pic); 1958-60; Research asst, John Holt Limited, Evans Medical Limited, England; Clerical Officer, Royal Infirmary, Derby; Water Board, Ministry of Works, London, 1960s; Department of Marketing, A. J. Seward, Nigeria, 1969-76; ch: Heritage Books, Nigeria, 1976; edir., Insight Limited, Nigeria, 1976; Proprietor, Voodoo Cultural Restaurant, Nigeria, 1974-76; ch: Obobo Books, Nigeria, 1981; the honorable Khu Mkuu, World Pan African Movement,1982; Proprietor, Come-Chop Cultural Restaurant, Nigeria, 1986-88; md. Batik Market, 1988-90; Spiritual Leader, The CRADLE World-Wide, 1994; ch. The Health Farm and the Her. Shop, Nigeria, 1996; Artist-in-Residence, The Poets Cottage, 1995; Founder/ch. Committee Against Nigeria's Exploitation, 1971; Co-founder, Nigerian Association of Patriotic Writers and Artists, 1970; founder. Original poets, 1977; Co-ordinator, Jazz Club of Nigeria; the first International award for Jazz Music called ROOTS AWARD; the first think-tank of the Black World (TTB), 1982; Institute of Personnel Management; Associate, British Institute of Management; Associate, Institute of Marketing; Associate, Nigerian Institute of Management; mm. Association of Nigerian Authors; presd. Committee for the Advancement of New Authors; Editor and Publisher, Heritage: (African Journal of the Arts and Letter), Third World First Journal; One Black World newsletter, publ: The Climate of Darkness; Black Power, The African Predicament; A Nation in Custody, Africa, the Dustbin of the West, The ColourofAnger, Abacha Saga; God is Black; Our Widow's Mite; The FirstBlackAgenda; The CRADLE; Tlie Ultimate Cosmology, Fires of Africa; Poemsfor young lovers: No Answer from the Cradle; From the Fringe; The Rhythm of Crisis; Mr. Governor, Sir, The victim of UAC; Management Pioneer: An Introduction to Technique; Financial Management and Control, Mass Market Books: Sex is a Nigger, Lagos Na Waa, I Swear; Ikebe Wahala; Mr. Sugar Daddy; One Hole too Many; The Rituals of a Sweet Mama, and over 100 titles for children called Obobo Books, bob: writing, painting, farming, film directing, art promotion, herbalism, spiritual enhancement and political ascendancy of the Black World, off: 2-8, Calcutta Crescent, Gate 1, P.O. Box 610, Apapa, Lagos, res: The Poet's Cottage, Kilometre 39, Badagry Express Way, Ilogbo-Eremi, Lagos.
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