Death
Born in 1918, Wachuku was 78 years on his death at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria during the late morning of Thursday, November 7, 1996. Jaja Wachuku was an uncle of Ugonna Wachuku - Geneva, Switzerland and Mexico City, Mexico based Nigerian author and communications professional. The author's poetic dedication to his uncle is titled: Some Memories Never Die. Notably, on Friday October 20, 1961, in its "The World" Section, Time wrote an article and news report on Jaja Wachuku and his diplomatic activities at the United Nations with the title: '"Pride of Africa."
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