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Jaja Anucha Wachuku (1 January 1918〔Ibe N. A. Okochi, (''Nigeria's African Policy'' ), Cross Continent Press, 1990, p. 17.〕 – 7 November 1996), a Royal Prince of Ngwaland, "descendant of 20 generations of African chiefs in the Igbo country of Eastern Nigeria",〔 was a Pan-Africanist,〔Ras Makonnen; Kenneth King, (''Pan-Africanism from within'' ), Oxford University Press, 1973.〕 and a globally distinguished Nigerian statesman, lawyer, politician, diplomat and humanitarian. He was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives,〔Maxim Matusevich, (''No Easy Row for a Russian Hoe: Ideology and Pragmatism in Nigerian-Soviet Relations, 1960–1991'' ), Africa World Press, 2003, p. 58.〕 as well as first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (). Wachuku was also the first Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs.〔Emeka Anyaoku, (''The Missing Headlines: Selected Speeches'' ), Liverpool University Press, 1997, p. 441.〕 At a time when the United States government had already listed Nelson Mandela as a terrorist in their security books, Jaja Wachuku was a "widely respected" and humane global foreign affairs colossus, whose empathic diplomacy and wise, oneness-of-humanity intervention with the South African government, saved Nelson Mandela and others from the death penalty at the 1963–64 Rivonia Trial.〔 On Thursday 30 September 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria conferred on Wachuku a posthumous special ''Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary Award'' for his outstanding contributions towards the development of Nigeria.〔("FG Honours Azikiwe, Balewa, Obasanjo, Adenuga, 47 Others" ), ThisDay Live, 28 September 2010.〕 Also, for the 1 January 2014 100-year anniversary of Nigeria, having been nominated for exceptional recognition by the Presidential Committee on the Centenary Celebrations, Wachuku was, on Friday 28 February 2014, honoured as a ''Hero of the Struggle for Nigeria's Independence'' from Great Britain and a ''Pioneer Political Leader'' by President Jonathan.〔("Centenary: Jonathan To Honour Queen Elizabeth II, Lugard, Abacha, IBB, Buhari, OBJ & Many More" ), ''The Niger Times''.〕〔(List of Centenary Honours Award Recipients ), Nigeria Centenary Blog, 24 February 2014.〕 ==Family== Jaja Anucha Wachuku's powerful father King Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku, who died on Friday, 2 June 1950, was the Eze, Paramount Chief, Servant Leader and Head of all Ngwa〔Emmanuel Nwaobilor Akwaranwa, (''A Politico-cultural History of Ngwa and Ukwa People of Imo State of Nigeria: From Pre-colonial Times to 1984'' ), 1998.〕 of the then Aba Division of Eastern Nigeria. Jaja's mother, Queen Rebecca Ngwanchiwa Wachuku (Nwaogwugwu ), who died in 1963 was a pioneer Women's rights advocate and humane royal land-owner. From both parents, Wachuku inherited an intrepid, confident, emotional intelligence, diplomatic, forceful, yet caring personality. () His apical ancestor ''Mgbawa'' had moved from Umulolo, Eziama Ntigha, Abia State, Nigeria, in about the last quarter of the 17th century to settle in their present Nbawsi homeland. His paternal grandfather ''Wachuku Ogbaregbe'', a distinguished statesman and Merchant Prince was involved in the oil trade of that time with King Jaja of Opobo. It was in memory of the friendship, partnership and association of the Wachuku family with King Jaja of Opobo that he was named Jaja. His second name: Anucha, in full in the Igbo language, is ''Anucha mba agaa n'ama ha'', meaning: "after celebrating victory over a people, you parade through their town or village main square."〔("Jaja Anucha Wachuku in 1947..." ) (photo: Jaja Anucha Wachuku wearing traditional Igbo attire in 1947 after his educationally victorious return to Nigeria from Dublin, Ireland...). Care2.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jaja Wachuku」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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