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German editor and scholar (1922–2011)

ChiefHorst Ulrich Beier, commonly known as Ulli Beier (30 July 1922 – 3 April 2011), was a German editor, writer and scholar who had a pioneering role in developing literature, drama and poetry in Nigeria, as well as literature, drama and poetry in Papua New Guinea.

Early life and education

Ulli Beier was born to a Jewish family in Glowitz, Weimar Germany (modern Główczyce, Poland), in July 1922. His father was a medical doctor and an appreciator of art, who reared his son to embrace the arts. After the Nazi party's rise to power in the 1930s, his father was forced to close his medical practice.

The Beiers, who were non-practising Jews, left for Palestine.

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In Palestine, while his family were briefly detained as enemy aliens by the British authorities, Beier earned a BA as an external student from the University of London. He later moved to London, England, to earn a graduate degree in Phonetics. He found veterans In memory of Ulli Beier | Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) GEDYH