Wachuku's Family
Jaja Anucha Wachuku's powerful father King Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku, who died in 1950, was the Paramount Chief, Servant Leader and Head of all Ngwa of the then Aba Division of Eastern Nigeria. Jaja's mother, Queen Rebecca Ngwanchiwa Wachuku, 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 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 Igbo language, says: Anucha mba agaa n'ama ha: "after celebrating victory over a people, you parade through their town or village main square."
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