Home › Entities › cultural_center › The Mbari Club

The Mbari Club

The Mbari Club was a centre for cultural activity by African writers, artists and musicians that was founded in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1961 by Ulli Beier with the involvement of a group of young writers including Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe.
Organization cultural_center Q28401567
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

The Mbari Club is a cultural center[1]. It draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (cultural_center category, ranking #32 of 130).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Mbari Club is located in Ibadan[3].
  • The Mbari Club is in the country of Nigeria[4].
  • The Mbari Club's instance of is recorded as cultural center[5].
  • The Mbari Club's founder is recorded as Ulli Beier[6].
  • 1961 marks the founding of The Mbari Club[7].
  • A participant in The Mbari Club was Christopher Okigbo[8].
  • Among those involved in The Mbari Club was Donatus Nwoga[9].
  • Among those involved in The Mbari Club was Wole Soyinka[10].
  • Among those involved in The Mbari Club was Chinua Achebe[11].
  • Among those involved in The Mbari Club was Lindsay Barrett[12].
  • The Mbari Club's P14541 is recorded as 1msEZe[13].

Body

Founding

The Mbari Club's founder is recorded as Ulli Beier[6]. 1961 marks the founding of it[7].

Why It Matters

The Mbari Club draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (cultural_center category, ranking #32 of 130).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . thesun.ng. thesun.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Mbari Club. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-mbari-club
MLA “The Mbari Club.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-mbari-club.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-mbari-club_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Mbari Club}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-mbari-club}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Mbari Club — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-mbari-club (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-mbari-club · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 3
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'fr']
    Gnd id → 3063524-X
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 25d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant → Christopher Okigbo, Donatus Nwoga, Wole Soyinka +2
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Participant: Christopher Okigbo"
  3. 29d ago · Bbldlphi · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant → Christopher Okigbo, Donatus Nwoga, Wole Soyinka +2
    Wikidata description → The Mbari Club was a centre for cultural activity by African writers, artists an
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Participant: Christopher Okigbo"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Ibadan
    Inception → +1961-00-00T00:00:00Z
    P14541 → 1msEZe
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.