*Please note: The exact date of this photograph is unknown.
Bayard Rustin sits in conversation with Nnamdi Azikiwe, one of Africa’s foremost independence leaders, during Rustin’s travels in West Africa.
Nnamdi Azikiwe, known as “Zik,” was a leading Nigerian nationalist, journalist, and political thinker who became Nigeria’s first president after independence in 1963. His vision and leadership were instrumental in Nigeria’s anti-colonial movement. Rustin’s encounters with Azikiwe strengthened transatlantic ties between African and African American freedom movements, highlighting the international dimensions of anti-colonial and civil rights struggles during the era of global decolonization.
Advocate.com Editors. 2023. “Bayard Rustin’s Life and Civil Rights Legacy in Photos.” Advocate.Com, November 17, 2023. https://www.advocate.com/slideshow/2019/1/21/bayard-rustins-life-and-civil-rights-legacy-photos#rebelltitem3.
