94th birthday of Chike Obi

(Born 17 April 1921, Onicha, Igboland)

First mathematics doctorate in Igboland/southwestcentral Africa, rigorous academic, aptly described by theoretical physicist Alexander Obiefoka Animalu as the “foremost African mathematical genius of the 20th century”

(Max Roach and Anthony Braxton, “Birth” [personnel: Roach, drums; Braxton, alto saxophone; recorded: Ricordi Studios, Milan, Italy, 7 September 1978)

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