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Michael Akinkunmi: The man who made Nigeria’s flag but was shunned

Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi was a 23-year-old engineering student at Norwood Technical College in London when he came across a newspaper advert asking people to enter a competition to design the Nigerian flag. He submitted his design to Lagos via mail after a short time. In October 1959, he received a …

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