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Dillibe Onyeama (Charles Dillibe Onyeama) was born on 6 January, 1951 in Enugu, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Enugu State, Nigeria), is a Nigerian author, publisher (1951–2022). Discover Dillibe Onyeama's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Charles Dillibe Onyeama
Occupation Author Publisher and Journalist
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 6 January, 1951
Birthday 6 January
Birthplace Enugu, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Enugu State, Nigeria)
Date of death 10 November, 2022
Died Place Enugu, Nigeria
Nationality Niger

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Parents Charles Onyeama (father)
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Children 6

Dillibe Onyeama Net Worth

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1951

Charles Dillibe Ejiofor Onyeama (6 January 1951 – 10 November 2022) was a Nigerian author and publisher.

Dillibe Charles Onyeama was born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1951, the second son of Charles Onyeama, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Judge at the International Court of Justice who was himself the son of Onyeama of Eke, a ruling chief in the Nigerian chieftaincy system.

On the day of his birth, he became the first black boy to be registered to attend Eton College.

1965

He attended preparatory school at Grove Park in Sussex, before becoming a pupil at Eton in 1965, and leaving in 1969.

1969

In 1969, he became the first black person to finish his studies at Eton College in England.

He wrote a book about his experiences of racism at Eton, Nigger at Eton, which resulted in his being banned from visiting the school by then-headmaster Michael McCrum.

1972

Onyeama wrote a book while still a teenager about his experiences of racist discrimination and bullying at the elite British boarding school: Nigger at Eton, published in 1972 by Leslie Frewin Limited, which was republished by Penguin in 2022 with the title A Black Boy at Eton.

1981

Onyeama obtained a diploma from the Premier School of Journalism, incorporating the Writers School of Great Britain before returning to Nigeria In 1981, and establishing the publishing company Delta Publications, based in Enugu.

Onyeama died from a heart attack on 10 November 2022, at the age of 71.

2020

In 2020 the school's present headmaster, Simon Henderson, offered Onyeama an apology for the treatment he had received.

Onyeama said he would return to Eton to accept the apology as long as the costs of his trip were covered.