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Line 46: At a time when the [[Federal government of the United States\|United States government]] had already listed [[Nelson Mandela]] as a terrorist, Jaja Wachuku, who was "widely respected" as Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria intervened with the South African government and helped save Nelson Mandela and others from the death penalty at the 1963–64 [[Rivonia Trial]].<ref name=Broun111 /> 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 [[Foreign relations of Nigeria\|Nigeria]].<ref>[http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-honours-azikiwe-balewa-obasanjo-adenuga-47-others/77785 "FG Honours Azikiwe, Balewa, Obasanjo, Adenuga, 47 Others"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051826/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-honours-azikiwe-balewa-obasanjo-adenuga-47-others/77785 \|date=17 July 2011 }}, ThisDay Live, 28 September 2010.</ref><!--deadlink [http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201009292491870]--> 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 [[Goodluck Jonathan\|Jonathan]].<ref>[http://www.thenigertimes.com/2014/02/centenary-jonathan-to-honour-queen.html "Centenary: Jonathan To Honour Queen Elizabeth II, Lugard, Abacha, IBB, Buhari, OBJ & Many More"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331040509/http://www.thenigertimes.com/2014/02/centenary-jonathan-to-honour-queen.html \|date=31 March 2014 }}, ''The Niger Times''.</ref><!--dead link[http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/news-headlines/item/34626-centenary-jonathan-honours-awo-for-pioneering-free-education,-tv-%E2%80%A2as-ex-leaders-speak-on-awards.html]--><ref>[http://blog.nigeriacentenary.com.ng/?p=421 List of Centenary Honours Award Recipients], Nigeria Centenary Blog, 24 February 2014.</ref> ==Family== Line 88: [[Image:JajaWachuku1.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|Jaja Wachuku in Speaker of the House Regalia]] From 1959 to 1960, Wachuku was the first indigenous Speaker of the [[House of Representatives of Nigeria]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8a4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Jaja+Wachuku&lr=&ei=JrJqScHqM5W6M6KPlf0J "Africans Demand More United nations posts 'Now'"], ''Jet'', 17 November 1960.</ref> He replaced Sir Frederic Metcalfe<ref>[http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/obituary/metcalfe_f.html "SIR FREDERIC METCALFE, K.C.B.] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724021404/http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/obituary/metcalfe_f.html \|date=24 July 2011 }}, ''The Times''. 5 June 1965.</ref> of Great Britain. Notably, as First Speaker of the House, Wachuku received Nigeria's Instrument of Independence – also known as Freedom Charter, on 1 October 1960 from [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy\|Princess Alexandra of Kent]] – [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom\|Elizabeth II]] (Queen of the United Kingdom)'s representative at the Nigerian Independence ceremonies. On a 1960 United States tour [https://books.google.com/books?id=qnfyZ7rHbtoC&pg=PA58&dq=Jaja+Wachuku&lr=&ei=qKZqSeS0FpysMrqW9OoC] as the House of Representatives Speaker, Jaja Wachuku was honoured and presented with the City of [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania Blue [[Seal (device)\|Seal]] and Key to the City of [[Atlanta]], Georgia. As Speaker of the House; and subsequently, Wachuku, during the [[civil rights movement]], unwaveringly supported African Americans<ref name="Pan-Africanism Reconsidered" /> plus all Americans and humankind of goodwill who saw the humane, enriching need for true and respectful racial equality.<ref>Bernard Magubane, [https://books.google.com/books?id=4GZfyA-zYSMC&pg=PA200&dq=Jaja+Wachuku&lr=&ei=wLxqSZyhEYvCMrLJ1J8O ''The Ties that Bind: African-American Consciousness of Africa''], Africa World Press (1987), 2nd printing 1989, p. 200.</ref> Notably, It was during this period and during his years as First Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister that Wachuku forged the reputed friendship that he had with three [[Presidents of the United States]]: [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. He was also good friends with [[Sam Rayburn]]: 48th, 50th and 52nd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]], [[Adlai Stevenson II\|Adlai Stevenson]], [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], [[Marian Anderson]], [[Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller]], [[Henry Ford II]], [[Israel]]'s [[Golda Meir]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]], plus numerous leaders and people around the world. Line 158: ==Honours and awards== Jaja Wachuku received many honours, including the title of '''Ugo Ngwa''' [Eagle and Pride of the Ngwa people] (which was conferred on him by the entire Ngwa People in 1949 but was installed in 1971), City of [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania Blue [[Seal (device)\|Seal]], Key to the City of [[Atlanta]], Georgia, ''[[Time (magazine)\|Time]]'' "Pride of Africa"<ref name=Time1961 /> Commendation, Commander of the Order of [[Niger]] Republic, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria [CFR], [[LL.D]]: Doctor of Laws [[Honoris Causa]] by [[Trinity College, Dublin]], Ireland, [[Knight]] of Saint Christopher [KSC] by the [[Anglican Church]] Nigeria, Enyi [Elephant: wisdom and strength] Abia title and Merit Award by the Government of [[Abia State]], Nigeria. Posthumous special Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary Award was conferred on Wachuku by President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] of Nigeria on 30 September 2010. Hero of the Struggle for Nigeria's Independence from Great Britain and a Pioneer Political Leader Honour for Wachuku by President [[Goodluck Jonathan\|Jonathan]] on 28 February 2014 during Nigeria's 100-year anniversary celebrations.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140331052521/http://oaupeeps.com/post.php?id=781] [http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=53063] [http://dailytrust.info/index.php/news/17633-ibb-sawaba-98-others-receive-centenary-honours] ==Death==