[9][10][11] Obasi Igwe supervised and produced many Ph.D.s, including the first female Ph.D. in Political Science of the University of Nigeria, Edith Ihuoma Herberts.
[1] Obasi Igwe was born on 29 May 1948 at Etitiama village, in Nkporo town, Ohafia Local Government Area in Abia State, Nigeria.
[1] As a political activist and human rights crusader,[21][22][23] Obasi Igwe advocates for more inclusion of the Igbo ethnic group in the Nigeria polity.
[1][27][28][29] Obasi Igwe's book, Politics and Globe Dictionary, which included his theory of integration, has been cited more than 300 times in articles by other scholars.
[30] One of Obasi Igwe's beliefs, as contained in his résumé, is that "for the African and black race to be equal participants in the evolution of global progress and civilization, everyone, of whatever circumstance, has a potential that can contribute to that worthy objective".