{"id":16539,"date":"2017-03-20T11:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16539"},"modified":"2020-02-03T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:07:17","slug":"nwankwo-dr-arthur-agwuncha","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwankwo-dr-arthur-agwuncha\/","title":{"rendered":"NWANKWO, Dr. Arthur Agwuncha (Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, MA,author, publisher,born August 19,1942, Ajalli, Aguata, Anambra State; married Eunice Medi 1976, one son, one daughter; Education: Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA, 1966, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, Pennsylva nia, USA, 1967;Career: Workedat Gulf Oil Corporation Headquarters, Pittsburg, as a consultant for Nigeria and corporate strate gies, June-September, 1967; worked in the Propaganda Directorate of Biafra, Septem ber-November, 1967; appointed editor, Biafra Newsletter, 1967-69; co- founder and first Managing Director, Nwamife Publish ers Limited, Enugu, 1970-76; Managing Di rector,and laterGroupChairman, Fourth Di mension Publishing Company Limited, Enugu, since1977; Chairman, AshGrove Ni geria Limited (an estate development com pany); co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive, KOSM, West Africa Limited; life Vice-President, Onitsha Chamber of Com merce, Industry and Mines and Agriculture; Gubernatorial Candidate, People&#8217;s Redemp tion Party, Anambra State, 1979; appointed Eastern Mandate Union Chancellor, since 1993; Political Parties: member, People&#8217;s Redemption Party, 1979-83; member, Alli ance for Democracy, 1998- date; Traditional Titles: Ikeogu I, Ogbu Efi, Ogbu Inyinya; Awards winner, Distinguished Authors Award, Obafemi Awolowo University Book Fair, 1988; Honorary Degree: Honorary Doctor of Letters, The&#8221; Shaw University Ra leigh,North Carolina,USA, 1986;Publica tion: Nigeria: The Challenge ofBiafra, Lon don, Rex Collings, London, 1972; Nigeria: My People My Vision, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1980;CanNigeriaSurvive?, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1981; Nigeria: AfterOil, What Next?, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1982; How Jim Nwobodo Rules Anambra State, Frontline, Enugu, 1983; Corruption in Anambra State, Frontline, Enugu, 1983; CivilianisedSoldiers:Army CivilianGovern mentfor Nigeria, FourthDimension, Enugu, 1984; National Consciousnessfor Nigeria, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1985; The Igbo Leadership andtheFuture ofNigeria, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1985; Nigerian: Devel opment Strategyfor the People&#8217;s Economy, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1986; Justice (Sedition Charge, Imprisonment andAcquit tal of Chief Arthur Nwankwo), Fourth Di mension, Enugu, 1986; Arthur Nwankwo; Thoughts on Nigeria Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1986; Military Optionto Democracy: Class, Power and Violencein Nigerian Poli tics, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1987; The Power Dynamics ofNigerian Politics, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1988;Hobbies: reading, writing, tabletennis; Official Address: Plot 64A, City Layout, PMB 01164, Enugu, Enugu State, Telephone: 042-334-197,339- 989,335-640; Home: Plot5B, Ikenga Street, City Layout, Enugu, Enugu State; Tele phone: 042-255-247, 334-197.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2415],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16539","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25916,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16539\/revisions\/25916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16539"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}