Dillibe Onyeama

Dillibe Onyeama (born January 1951)[1][2] is a Nigerian author and publisher.[3] In 1969, he became the first black person to finish their studies at Eton College.[4] He wrote a book about his experiences of racism at Eton, Nigger at Eton, which resulted in him being banned from visiting the school by then-headmaster Michael McCrum.[5]

He is the son of Charles Onyeama, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Judge at the International Court of Justice.[5]

Biography

Dillibe Onyeama was born in Enugu, the second son of influential judge Charles Dadi Umeha Onyeama, and on the day of his birth became the first black boy to be registered to attend Eton College.[1] Becoming a pupil there in 1965, and leaving in 1969, he wrote a book while still a teenager about his experiences of discrimination and bullying at the elite British boarding-school:[6] Nigger at Eton, published in 1972 by Leslie Frewin Limited.[7] In 2020 the school's present headmaster, Simon Henderson, offered Onyeama an apology for the treatment he had received.[8]

Onyeama obtained a diploma from the Premier School of Journalism, before returning to Nigeria In 1981, and establishing the publishing company Delta Publications, based in Enugu[1][3]

Selected bibliography
  • Nigger at Eton, 1972
  • John Bull's nigger, 1974
  • Sex is a Nigger's Game, 1976
  • Juju, 1977
  • Secret Society, 1978
  • The Return: Homecoming of a Negro from Eton, 1978
  • Chief Onyeama: The Story of an African God, 1982
  • African Legend: The Incredible Story of Francis Arthur Nzeribe, 1984
  • The New Man: A Perspective in Evil, 2002
  • Dadi: The Man, the Legend : an Intimate Portrait of His Excellency Judge Charles Dadi Onyeama of the International Court of Justice, The Hague, 2019

References
  1. Nwaubani, Adaobi Tricia (23 June 2020). "Eton College: Nigerian author recalls racist abuse". BBC News. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. Akaraiwe, Ikeazor A. (2001). Onyeama : eagle on the bench : an authorised biography of Nigeria's first Judge at the World Court, His Excellency, Judge Charles Dadi Onyeama, CFR, LL. D. (2nd ed.). Lagos: Touchstone Books. p. 171. ISBN 978-35019-5-X. OCLC 52449965.
  3. Ajeluorou, Anote (2017-02-22). "Dillibe Onyeama revives occult novels of the '80s". The Guardian (Nigeria). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. "Eton apologises to Nigerian ex-student for racism". BBC News. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  5. "'The racist questions I was asked at Eton'". BBC News. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  6. Renton, Alex (2017). Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class. Hachette.
  7. Nigger at Eton. Leslie Frewin Limited. 1972.
  8. "Dillibe Onyeama: Eton college apologise to Nigerian ex-student for racism". BBC News – Pidgin. 23 June 2020.
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