Dillibe Onyeama | |
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Born | Charles Dillibe Onyeama 6 January 1951 |
Died | 10 November 2022 Enugu, Nigeria | (aged 71)
Education | Eton College |
Occupation(s) | Author
Publisher and Journalist |
Notable work | Nigger at Eton (1972) |
Children | 6 |
Parent | Charles Onyeama (father) |
Relatives | Geoffrey Onyeama (brother) [1] |
Charles Dillibe Ejiofor Onyeama (6 January 1951 – 10 November 2022) was a Nigerian author and publisher. [2] [3] [4] In 1969, he became the first black person to finish his studies at Eton College in England. [5] He wrote a book about his experiences of racism at Eton, Nigger at Eton, which resulted in his being banned from visiting the school by then-headmaster Michael McCrum. [6]
Dillibe Charles Onyeama was born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1951, [7] the second son of Charles Onyeama, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Judge at the International Court of Justice who was himself the son of Onyeama of Eke, a ruling chief in the Nigerian chieftaincy system. [6] [8] On the day of his birth, he became the first black boy to be registered to attend Eton College. [2] He attended preparatory school at Grove Park in Sussex, [9] before becoming a pupil at Eton in 1965, and leaving in 1969. Onyeama wrote a book while still a teenager about his experiences of racist discrimination and bullying at the elite British boarding school: [10] Nigger at Eton, published in 1972 by Leslie Frewin Limited, [11] which was republished by Penguin in 2022 with the title A Black Boy at Eton. [12]
In 2020 the school's present headmaster, Simon Henderson, offered Onyeama an apology for the treatment he had received. [13] Onyeama said he would return to Eton to accept the apology as long as the costs of his trip were covered. [9]
Onyeama obtained a diploma from the Premier School of Journalism, incorporating the Writers School of Great Britain before returning to Nigeria In 1981, and establishing the publishing company Delta Publications, based in Enugu. [2] [4]
Onyeama died from a heart attack on 10 November 2022, at the age of 71. [14] [15] [16]
Dillibe Onyeama | |
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Born | Charles Dillibe Onyeama 6 January 1951 |
Died | 10 November 2022 Enugu, Nigeria | (aged 71)
Education | Eton College |
Occupation(s) | Author
Publisher and Journalist |
Notable work | Nigger at Eton (1972) |
Children | 6 |
Parent | Charles Onyeama (father) |
Relatives | Geoffrey Onyeama (brother) [1] |
Charles Dillibe Ejiofor Onyeama (6 January 1951 – 10 November 2022) was a Nigerian author and publisher. [2] [3] [4] In 1969, he became the first black person to finish his studies at Eton College in England. [5] He wrote a book about his experiences of racism at Eton, Nigger at Eton, which resulted in his being banned from visiting the school by then-headmaster Michael McCrum. [6]
Dillibe Charles Onyeama was born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1951, [7] the second son of Charles Onyeama, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Judge at the International Court of Justice who was himself the son of Onyeama of Eke, a ruling chief in the Nigerian chieftaincy system. [6] [8] On the day of his birth, he became the first black boy to be registered to attend Eton College. [2] He attended preparatory school at Grove Park in Sussex, [9] before becoming a pupil at Eton in 1965, and leaving in 1969. Onyeama wrote a book while still a teenager about his experiences of racist discrimination and bullying at the elite British boarding school: [10] Nigger at Eton, published in 1972 by Leslie Frewin Limited, [11] which was republished by Penguin in 2022 with the title A Black Boy at Eton. [12]
In 2020 the school's present headmaster, Simon Henderson, offered Onyeama an apology for the treatment he had received. [13] Onyeama said he would return to Eton to accept the apology as long as the costs of his trip were covered. [9]
Onyeama obtained a diploma from the Premier School of Journalism, incorporating the Writers School of Great Britain before returning to Nigeria In 1981, and establishing the publishing company Delta Publications, based in Enugu. [2] [4]
Onyeama died from a heart attack on 10 November 2022, at the age of 71. [14] [15] [16]