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          Udechukwu first came to St. Lawrence University twenty years ago.

        1. Obiora Udechukwu, artist, poet, and university professor, was educated at prestigious Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha; Ahmadu Bello.
        2. Biography.
        3. As a youth Udechukwu developed two identities, urban and rural.
        4. This article focuses on the diaspora work of Obiora Udechukwu, one of the Nsukka Art School's most well-known artists.

          5. Obiora Udechukwu

          Nigerian painter and poet (born 1946)

          Obiora Udechukwu

          Born1946 (age 78–79)
          Onitsha , Nigeria
          OccupationPainter
          NationalityNigerian
          Alma materUniversity of Nigeria

          Obiora Udechukwulistenⓘ (born 1946) is a Nigerian painter and poet.

          Biography

          Obiora Udechukwu was born June 4, 1946, in Onitsha in 1946 to parents from Agulu in Anambra State, southeastern region of Nigeria. Agulu is where he first encountered uli murals at family compounds and shrines.[1] His work was shaped by his experiences during the 1967 to 1970 Biafra war.

          He received his early education in an Anglophone colonial system, including art training in both primary and secondary school. He studied for one year at Ahmadu Bello University before transferring to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a result of pogroms against the Igbo people in northern Nigeria.

          During the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War (1967–1970), Ud