Peter Ayodele Curtis Joseph

Peter Ayodele Curtis Joseph (8 November 1920 – 15 December 2006) was born in Ikare, Nigeria. He was a left nationalist and the first Nigerian to receive a Lenin Peace Prize in 1965.[1][2] In May 1961, Ayodele, together with Gogo Chu Nzeribe, Tanko Yakassai, M.O Johnson, J.B.K Thomas, and a few others, organized a Leftist group called the Nigerian People's Party in Lagos. The group opposed regionalism and declared their belief in the creation of a " Union of African States."[3][4]

Publications

Peter Ayodele Curtis-Joseph published several works under the pen name "Omorodion Omoregbe". These books include:

Publication Year
Africa Through German Spectacles 1963
Six Secrets of Frank Buchman[5] 1964
The Negro and American Democracy[6] 1964
Nazism- Dead or Alive?[7] 1965
Beware of American Friendship.[8] 1966

References

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Moscow: Sovetskaya Enciklopediya. 1967. p. 623.
  2. ↑ Meddlesome Medals
  3. ↑ Amos, Kobor (2018-02-21). "Drafting a people's manifesto". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  4. ↑ opinion.premiumtimesng.com https://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2018/02/22/drafting-a-peoples-manifesto-by-edwin-madunagu/. Retrieved 2026-07-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Omoregbe, Omorodion (1964). Six Secrets of Frank Buchman. Sokari Modern Industries.
  6. ↑ Omoregbe, Omorodion (1964). The Negro and American Democracy. Sokari Modern Industries.
  7. ↑ Omoregbe, Omorodion (1965). Nazism - dead or alive? (in German). Peoples Books Centre.
  8. ↑ Omoregbe, Omorodion (1966). Beware of American Friendship. People Book Centre.


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