Subtitle: Nigerian elites, big oil and the Ogoni struggle for self-determination
Author: Okonta, Ike
Year: 2008
ISBN: 9781592213825
Pages: 328
Language: English
Publisher: Africa World Press
Publisher's city: Trenton
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When citizens revolt
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In 1995 the Nigerian military regime under General Sani Abacha hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa, the writer and minority rights activist, and eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People after a judicially flawed trial. The hangings were a critical event, both for the Nigerian junta and for Royal Dutch/Shell, the major international oil company operating in the Niger delta. This book re-examines the evidence concerning the Ogoni struggle for self-determination and raises questions about its origins and implications as a case study of politics in post-colonial Africa.