Jean-Marie Tjibaou
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 88 |
| Date of birth | January 30,1936 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Hienghene |
| New Caledonia | |
| Assassinated | Ouvéa, New Caledonia |
| Books | Jean-Marie Tjibaou: Kanaky |
| Cibau Cibau: Kamo Pa Kavaac | |
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| ID | 1546163 |
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Life story
Jean-Marie Tjibaou was a French politician in New Caledonia and leader of the Kanak independence movement. The son of a tribal chief, Tjibaou was ordained a Catholic priest but abandoned his religious vocation for a life in political activism. During the 1970s, he undertook a thesis in ethnology at the Sorbonne.
