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Wiwa

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Wiwa may refer to:

People

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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 (born 1957), Nigerian medical doctor and human rights activist
  • Zina Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian video artist and filmmaker

Radio stations

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  • WIWA (AM), a radio station (1270 AM) licensed to serve Eatonville, Florida, United States
  • WRLZ (AM), a radio station (1160 AM) licensed to serve St. Cloud, Florida, which held the call sign WIWA from 2006 to 2019

Others

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  • Wiwa people, an ethnic group indigenous to the area around the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Colombia.
  • Wiwa language, a Chibchan language spoken in northern Colombia
  • Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell Co., three separate lawsuits brought by the family of Ken Saro-Wiwa against Royal Dutch Shell