Dr. S. Okechukwu Mezu was born on April 30, 1941 in Ezeogba, Emekuku, Owerri Imo State. He received a B.A. in French (1964) with minors in German and Philosophy from Georgetown University. He obtained an LL.B. in 1966 from La Salle Extension University, Chicago, IL; Diplome d'Etudes, University of Paris, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, France, and M.A. (1966), Ph.D (1967) in Romance Languages from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland. In the 1979, he helped found the Imo State branch of the Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP) and as Secretary of the Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP...