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Wiwa People
Wiwa may refer to: People ;Given name * Wiwa Korowi (born 1948), sixth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea ;Surname *Jim Wiwa (1904–2005), chief of the Ogoni people of southern Nigeria, and the chairman of the Council of Chiefs of Bane * Ken Wiwa (1968–2016), also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa, Jr, Nigerian journalist and author *Ken Saro-Wiwa, (1941–1995), Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist *Noo Saro-Wiwa, British/Nigerian writer and journalist *Owens Wiwa Monday Owens Wiwa (born 10 October 1957 in Bori, Nigeria) is a medical doctor and human rights activist. He is the brother of executed Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa, and the son of Ogoni chief Jim Wiwa. Wiwa is an internationally renowned expert on ... (born 1957), Nigerian medical doctor and human rights activist * Zina Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian video artist and filmmaker Others * Wiwa language, also known as Damana, Guamaco, Malayo, Sanja or Arosario), a Chibchan language spoken by around 2000 Wiwa south an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiwa Korowi
Sir Wiwa Korowi (born 7 July 1948) is a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the sixth governor-general of Papua New Guinea from November 1991 until November 1997. Sir Wiwa is from the Southern Highlands. He was a member of the Nationalist Party and was voted by the Parliament to the position of governor-general on 18 November 1991, to fill the position after Vincent Eri Sir Vincent Serei Eri (12 September 1936 – 25 May 1993) was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as the fifth governor-general of Papua New Guinea from February 1990 to October 1991. Life Eri attended the University of Papua New ... had vacated roughly one and a half months earlier. References * Lentz, Harris M., III. ''Heads of States and Governments''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1994. . 1948 births Living people Governors-General of Papua New Guinea Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George People from the Southern Highlands Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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 Kenule "Ken" Bornale Tsaro-Wiwa (28 November 1968 – 18 October 2016), also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa, Jr, although he himself chose to use the name Ken Wiwa, was a Nigerian journalist and author. The eldest son of human rights activist Ken Saro-W .... References 1904 births 2005 deaths Men centenarians Nigerian centenarians Ogoni people Wiwa family {{Nigeria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Wiwa
Kenule "Ken" Bornale Tsaro-Wiwa (28 November 1968 – 18 October 2016), also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa, Jr, although he himself chose to use the name Ken Wiwa, was a Nigerian journalist and author. The eldest son of human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, he worked as an adviser to three Nigerian presidents. Background Wiwa was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the eldest son of human rights activist and author Ken Saro-Wiwa. He was educated in Nigeria before going in 1978, along with his mother and siblings, to live in England where his father believed he would receive the best possible education at that time. Wiwa attended Stancliffe Hall School and Tonbridge School and went on to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, now part of University College, London. He was editor of the United Kingdom's '' Guardian''s periodical New Media Lab, where he developed content for the paper's online edition. Journalism In 1999, Wiwa relocated to Canada, where he was a writer-in-residence at Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta, has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping. Initially as a spokesperson, and then as the president, of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by the operations of the multinational petroleum industry, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company. He criticised the Nigerian government for its reluctance to enforce environmental regulations on the foreign petroleum companies operating in the area. At the peak of his non-violent campaign, he was tried by a special military tribuna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noo Saro-Wiwa
Noo Saro-Wiwa is a British-Nigerian author, noted for her travel writing. She is the daughter of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Education Noo Saro-Wiwa was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and grew up in Ewell, Surrey in England. She attended Roedean School, King's College London and Columbia University, New York, and currently lives in London. Writing Saro-Wiwa's first book was ''Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria'' (Granta Books, 2012). It was nominated for the Dolman Best Travel Book Award, and was named the ''Sunday Times'' Travel Book of the Year in 2012. It was selected as BBC Radio 4's ''Book of the Week'' in 2012, and was nominated by the ''Financial Times'' as one of the best travel books of 2012. ''The Guardian'' newspaper also included it among its 10 Best Contemporary Books on Africa in 2012. It has been translated into French and Italian. In 2016 it won thAlbatros Travel Literature Prizein Italy. In 2016, she contributed to the anthology ''An Unrelia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owens Wiwa
Monday Owens Wiwa (born 10 October 1957 in Bori, Nigeria) is a medical doctor and human rights activist. He is the brother of executed Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa, and the son of Ogoni chief Jim Wiwa. Wiwa is an internationally renowned expert on the effects of globalisation, especially as it relates to the highly controversial business practices of Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta. Vice-chairman of the Toronto chapter of the Sierra Club Canada and an active member of Amnesty International, Wiwa is frequently called upon to advocate for development programs in Canada and abroad and to campaign for increased corporate responsibility. This work has taken him to Ireland, which he visits in support of the Shell to Sea campaign. Currently, he is the Global Vice President Human Resource for Health, Director for West Africa and Central Africa and Country Director, Nigeria for Clinton Health Access Initiative. Education Wiwa graduated from medical school at the University of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Zina Saro-Wiwa (born 1976, Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a Brooklyn-based video artist and filmmaker. She makes video installations, documentaries, music videos and experimental films. Saro-Wiwa is the founding filmmaker of the alt-Nollywood movement. A movement that uses the narrative, stylistic and visual conventions of the Nollywood film industry but for subversive, politically challenging ends. Formerly a BBC journalist, her artistic practice emerged from her interest in changing the way the world sees Africa using film, art, and food. Her practice includes New West African Kitchen, a project where Saro-Wiwa re-imagines West African cuisine. Each feast also features African video art presentations and a mini lecture. On 22 March 2011, Saro-Wiwa was named as one of the top 25 leaders of the African Renaissance in ''The Times'' newspaper. Early life and education Zina Saro-Wiwa was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to Ken and Maria Saro-Wiwa. Her late father, the author and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiwa Language
Damana (also known as Malayo, Wiwa, Arosario, Arsario, Guamaca, Guamaka, Maracasero, Marocasero, Sancá, Sanja, Sanka, Wamaka) is a Chibchan language spoken by the indigenous Wiwa people on the southern and eastern slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... According to ''Ethnologue'', it was spoken by 1,850 people in 2007; however, according to the Colombian Ministry of Culture, there were 13,627 Wiwa people in 2010, of whom some 60% speak Damana well. Phonology Vowels There are seven phonemic vowels in Damana: Consonants Damana has 19 phonemic consonants: References {{Chibchan languages Chibchan languages Languages of Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIWA (AM)
WIWA (1270 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching format. Licensed to Eatonville, Florida, United States, it serves the Orlando Metropolitan Area, Orlando area. The station is owned by Marc Radio Orlando, LLC. History The station signed on the air as WHIY in 1957 using the slogan "Radio Hi Fi". In 1962, it transitioned to a country music format. In 1978, the station switched callsigns to WORL and adopted an adult contemporary music format, save for a brief period in 1979 with a Disco format as “Studio 13” before returning to AC the same year. By 1986, WORL 1270 was known as "Power Hits ORL". In 1987, the station dropped AC for R&B. In late 1988, with FM on the rise the station dropped music altogether and began a business news format as WBZS. This lasted about one year before a switch to Spanish language programming. This programming continued through the 1991 callsign change to WHBS until the station went dark in 1995. In 1996, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRLZ (AM)
WRLZ (1160 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language Christian format. Licensed to St. Cloud, Florida, United States, it serves the greater Orlando area. The station is currently owned by Iglesia el Calvario de Orlando, Inc., through licensee Radio Luz, Inc. WRLZ has been granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 14,000 watts. 1160 AM is United States clear-channel frequency, on which KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ... is the dominant Class A station. References External links RLZ (AM) Radio stations established in 2009 2009 establishments in Florida RLZ (AM) {{Florida-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |