NWAFOR ORIZU'S BACKGROUND: palace influence on boyhood; eighty wives; brothers and sisters; child marriage and Holy Nweje; early education; EARLY VISION, NWAFOR ORIZU MET ZIK: a teacher; I met Zik; the spirit of Anaedo (great Agbaja clan); the miracle of Kaduna junction; EARLY DAYS IN AMERICA: on a highway to liberty; Lincoln university; transition; the Ohio state university; ideas that used me; FULFILMENT OF DREAMS- A STRUGGLE AGAINST AN EMPIRE: against an empire; Columbia university; first missionary journey; African education program born in America; HORIZONTAL EDUCATION AND AFRICAN IRREDENTISM INTRODUCED INTO AFRICA : the Nigeria that I met; exploration north.