 Nyorai zvekuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mbakwe akatanga dzidzo yake muna 1937 pachikoro cheSt Peters Primary School, kuUmulogho. Vanhu vakararama panguva imwe chete naye vanosanganisira Reverend Canon Jerimiah Anyanwu, mupristi wekutanga weAnglican muEtiiti Local Government Area yeImo State, uyo akaberekwa panguva imwe chete naye muAvutu. Akadzidza paTeachers Training College, Oleh, Isoko, kubva muna 1946 kusvika muna 1947, uye paFourah Bay College muSierra Leone muna 1952. Akaenderera mberi kuenda kuYunivhesiti yeManchester 195356, Yunivhesiti yeHull 195658, uye pakupedzisira chikoro chinotungamirwa neInns of Court 195859, zvese muEngland, asati adzokera kuNigeria kunoshanda mutemo muPort Harcourt, Eastern Region. Mbakwe akashanda seMutungamiri weOkigwe Province muRepublic of Biafra, nyika yeIgbo yekuzvimiririra kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNigeria, panguva ye1967-1970 Civil War. 