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. He was born in Bane, Rivers State. He was the father of executed playwright and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and of doctor and human-rights activist Owens Wiwa, and the grandfather of journalist Ken Wiwa.

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