Gogo Chu Nzeribe

Gogo Chu Nzeribe was a Nigerian trade unionist and a leader of the nation's communist movement during the drive towards independence in the 1950s.[1] He was the secretary general of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, which at the time was led by president Michael Imoudu. Nzeribe was murdered in 1967 by troops loyal to the federal side during the crisis of the 1960s. Prior to his death, he was arrested and detained at Dodan Barracks as one of the radical individuals the Yakubu Gowon regime deemed necessary to be silenced.

He had a daughter with Nigerian novelist, Flora Nwapa. [2]

Early life

Nzeribe was born into a well-to-do family and attended King's College, Lagos. He turned to trade unionism as a result his interest in Nigeria's struggle for independence. He started out organizing student and workers rallies against the colonial regime. [3]

References
  1. American Assembly. United States and Africa, American Assembly, Ayer Publishing, 1970. p 91. ISBN 0-8369-1781-2
  2. Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi. African Wo/Man Palava: The Nigerian Novel by Women, University of Chicago Press, 1996. p 134. ISBN 0-226-62085-9
  3. Steven L. Jacobs, Samuel Totten. Pioneers of Genocide Studies (Clt), Transaction Publishers, 2002. p 142. ISBN 0-7658-0151-5


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