Meet Jaja Wachuku; Nigeria’s first Ambassador to the United Nations. He became very famous after he was refused to express his displeasure over a racist comment so he in return stopped listening to what everyone was saying & faked sleep during the UN meeting in 1960’s.

Meet Jaja Wachuku; Nigeria's first Ambassador to the United Nations. He became very famous after he was refused to express his displeasure over a racist comment so he in return stoped listening to what everyone was saying & faked sleep during the UN meeting in 1960’s. pic.twitter.com/8nKZ8dPcDt

— Africizen (@Africizen) May 30, 2023

But here’s the catch:

He wasn’t steeping , he was denied the opportunity to express his displeasure over a racist comment the entire conversation.

He also helped save Nelson Mandela from being hanged by the apartheid South African government.

Jaja Anucha Ndubuisi Wachuku born 1 January 1918 – 7 November 1996 was a Pan-Africanist and a Nigerian statesman, lawyer, politician, diplomat and humanitarian. He was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives as well as the first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Wachuku was the first Nigerian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Notably, Wachuku was a Royal Prince of Ngwaland, “descendant of 20 generations of African chiefs in the Igbo country of Eastern Nigeria”.