Jim Wiwa

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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