Malcolm X arrived Nigeria from Egypt on the 6th of May, 1964.

Malcolm X arrived Nigeria from Egypt on the 6th of May, 1964.

When I was in Ibadan at the University of Ibadan last Friday night, the students there gave me a new name, “Omowale,” which they say means in Yoruba “The child has returned.” It was an honor”

-Malcolm X 1964.

This photo was taken when Malcolm X visited Nigeria where he spoke at the University of Ibadan in 1964.

He was bestowed the name “Omowale’. Meaning. The son who has come home.

Here is Malcolm X chatting with Iyabo Attah (L) & Ronke Ademola (R).

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz on May 19, 1925 was assassinated February 21, 1965 at 39 years.

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