Biography of igwe kenneth orizu fine arts
Biography of igwe kenneth orizu fine arts
Biography of igwe kenneth orizu fine arts and culture.
Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III
Nigerian chief
Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III(born 30 October 1925) is the 20th[1] Obi of Otolo and Igwe of Nnewi kingdom.
He is the traditional supreme ruler and spiritual leader in Nnewi, an Igbo city in Nigeria. He is a member of the Nnofo Royal lineage and the successor to his father Igwe Josiah Orizu II, his grandfather Igwe Orizu I, and great-grandfather Igwe Iwuchukwu Ezeifekaibeya.[2] Unlike most Igbo chiefs, there were heads of Nnewi before the arrival of Europeans.[3] In Anambra State, Igwe Kenneth Orizu III is the vice chairman of the Anambra State House of Chiefs and as of 2015[update] one of the longest-serving tribal Kings in the world.[4]
Education and career
Igwe Kenneth was educated at Hope Waddell College, Calabar and completed his education at New Bethel College, Onitsha in 1942.[1] Before his enthronement, Kenneth worked as a Representative of the then Eastern N