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Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike

Died in 2020

Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike was born on 28 April 1931 in Ndikelionwu, in Igbo country. A graduate in history, English and religious studies at Ibadan in 1955, he married a Yoruba woman in 1959, took a master's degree at Stanford in 1966, was registrar of the University of Nsukka, then from 1971 headed the West African Examinations Council. He wrote some fifteen novels, most of them set in the world of school and university. In 2008, he became king of his native village. He died in 2020.

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