Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku

Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku (also spelled Josiah Wachukwu) was king, paramount chief, servant leader and Eze of Ngwa-land – in the then Aba Division of Eastern Nigeria – during British colonial times.^[1]^[2]

He was the father of Jaja Wachuku,^[3] the first Nigerian speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, the first Nigerian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, and first Nigerian minister of foreign affairs.^[4]^{[unreliable source?]} He was the grandfather of Chuku Wachuku, a United States-educated Nigerian economist and management specialist, and Nwabueze Nwokolo, a United Kingdom based lawyer.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Akwaranwa, Emmanuel Nwaobilor (1988). A Politico-cultural History of Ngwa and Ukwa People of Imo State of Nigeria: From Pre-colonial Times to 1984. South Africa: Government Printer. ISBN 9789783059610.
^ Martin, Susan M. (2006). Palm Oil and Protest: An Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980. African Studies. Vol. 59 (Illustrated and Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521025577.
^ Omotayo, Joseph (26 May 2021). "Jaja Wachuku: 6 Facts About Nigeria's 1st Ambassador Who Protested Racism at UN by 'Pretending to Sleep'". Legit.ng. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Wachuku, Jaja Anucha (Jawach)". Biographical Dictionary. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

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[1] Akwaranwa, Emmanuel Nwaobilor (1988). A Politico-cultural History of Ngwa and Ukwa People of Imo State of Nigeria: From Pre-colonial Times to 1984. South Africa: Government Printer. ISBN 9789783059610.

[2] Martin, Susan M. (2006). Palm Oil and Protest: An Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980. African Studies. Vol. 59 (Illustrated and Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780521025577.

[3] Omotayo, Joseph (26 May 2021). "Jaja Wachuku: 6 Facts About Nigeria's 1st Ambassador Who Protested Racism at UN by 'Pretending to Sleep'". Legit.ng. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[4] "Wachuku, Jaja Anucha (Jawach)". Biographical Dictionary. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

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