Jim Wiwa

Jim Wiwa
Born1904 (1904)
Bane, Ogoniland, Rivers State, Nigeria
Died1 April 2005(2005-04-01) (aged 100–101)
OccupationTraditional ruler
TitleChief of Bane; Chairman, Council of Chiefs of Bane
ChildrenKen Saro-Wiwa; Owens Wiwa
RelativesKen Wiwa (grandson)

Chief Jim Beeson Wiwa (1904 – 1 April 2005) was a chief of the Ogoni people of southern Nigeria, and the chairman of the Council of Chiefs of Bane.[1] He was born in Bane, Rivers State. He was the father of executed playwright and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa[2] and of doctor and human-rights activist Owens Wiwa, and the grandfather of journalist Ken Wiwa.

References

  1. ^ Fox, Margalit (9 April 2005). "Jim Wiwa, Nigerian Chief and Father of Dissident, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ Winter, Joseph (15 April 2003). "Nigeria's elections in the south". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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