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Sokari Douglas Camp

Nigerian-born. Moved to England where she attended school. A Southwark resident for 22 years, in 2010. CBE.

Person, Sculpture, Nigeria

1 memorial

Soldier and colonial administrator. Born Frederick John Dealtry Lugard at Fort St George, Madras, India. After a varied military career, he entered the colonial service. Appointed governor of Hong ...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong, India, Nigeria

1 memorial

Ben Okri

Poet and novelist. Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London. Returned to England to study in the late 1970s. His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.

Person, Poetry, Literature, Nigeria

1 memorial

Air Marshal Lord Hugh Montague Trenchard

Founder of the Royal Air Force. Born Somerset. Aged 20 joined the Second Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served in India, in the Boer War and in Nigeria. Learnt to fly in 1912 and ser...

Person, Armed Forces, India, Nigeria, South Africa