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Ken Saro-Wiwa. Kenule Beeson " Ken " Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) [1] was a Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist. [2] .
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May 1, 2024 · Founder: Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. Ken Saro-Wiwa (born Oct. 10, 1941, Bori, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria—died Nov. 10, 1995, Port Harcourt) was a Nigerian writer and activist, who spoke out forcefully against the Nigerian military regime and the Anglo-Dutch petroleum company Royal Dutch/Shell for causing environmental ...
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Ken Saro-Wiwa (d. 1995) led a peaceful movement for the environmental and human rights of Nigeria’s Ogoni people whose oil-rich land has been exploited by multinational oil companies. The Nigerian government executed Saro-Wiwa in 1995. A Defender of the Niger Delta and its People.
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The trial of Ken Saro-Wiwa is an infamous instance of oppression against indigenous environmental activism. In the early 1990s Saro-Wiwa and his people, the Ogoni, went head to head with Shell Oil and their partner the Nigerian government, which was a military dictatorship at the time.
Jul 29, 2016 · Two decades after his death, a brilliant new biography of Ken Saro-Wiwa paints a complex picture of the activist, playwright, and martyr for the cause of environmental justice.
Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995) was a leading member of the Ogoni tribe of some 500,000 people, living in densely populated Ogoniland in south-eastern Nigeria. He was a central figure in the struggle to stop the devastation of the Niger Delta, which continues to be polluted by large scale oil extraction up to this day.
Updated: May 22, 2009 Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of Nigeria's leading environmentalists and authors, was executed by Nigeria's former military regime in November 1995, provoking international...
