Ugonna wachuku biography of william
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Jaja Wachuku
Nigerian lawyer, politician and diplomat (1918–1996)
Jaja Anucha Ndubuisi Wachuku (1 January 1918[1][2] – 7 November 1996) was a Pan-Africanist[3] and a Nigerian statesman, lawyer, politician, diplomat and humanitarian. He was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives;[4] as well as the first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[5] Also, Wachuku was the first Nigerian Minister for Foreign Affairs.[6] Notably, Wachuku was a Royal Prince of Ngwaland, "descendant of 20 generations of African chiefs in the Igbo country of Eastern Nigeria".[7]
Wachuku, who was "widely respected" as Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria intervened with the South African government and helped save Nelson Mandela and others from the death penalty at the 1963–64 Rivonia Trial.[8] In his 1962 diary, from Lagos: Nigeria, Nelson Mandela wrote: "Friday 18 May 1962:
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Appendix 3: An Annotated Bibliography
McLuckie, Craig W. and Gibbs, James. "Appendix 3: An Annotated Bibliography". Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist, edited by Craig W. McLuckie and Aubrey McPhail, Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000, pp. 245-284. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685854461-016
McLuckie, C. & Gibbs, J. (2000). Appendix 3: An Annotated Bibliography. In C. McLuckie & A. McPhail (Ed.), Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist (pp. 245-284). Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685854461-016
McLuckie, C. and Gibbs, J. 2000. Appendix 3: An Annotated Bibliography. In: McLuckie, C. and McPhail, A. ed. Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist. Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 245-284. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685854461-016
McLuckie, Craig W. and Gibbs, James. "Appendix 3: An Annotated Bibliography" In Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist edited by Craig W. McLuckie and Aubrey McPhail, 24