Ken Saro-Wiwa

by Doron, Roy

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Title Statements

Full title :Ken Saro-Wiwa / Roy Doron and Toyin Falola.

Summary

"Hanged by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people and human rights activists, and a symbol of modern Africans' struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation. Though he is rightly known for his human rights and environmental activism, he wore many hats: writer, television producer, businessman, and civil servant, among others. While the book sheds light on his many legacies, it is above all about Saro-Wiwa the man, not just Saro-Wiwa the symbol. Roy Doron and Toyin Falola portray a man who not only was formed by the complex forces of ethnicity, race, class, and politics in Nigeria, but who drove change in those same processes. Like others in the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Ken Saro-Wiwa is written to be accessible to the casual reader and student, yet indispensable to scholars"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Ohio University Press
Place of Publication:Athens, Ohio
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (176 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780821445501, 0821445502
oclc:ocn951028615
LC Classification:PR9387.9.S27
Dewey Decimal:823/.914

Subjects

Activistes -- Biographies. -- Nigeria Authors, Nigerian Authors, Nigerian -- Biography. -- 20th… Biographies Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Act… Écrivains nigérians -- Biographies. -- … Electronic books LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- African LITERARY CRITICISM -- European Nigeria Political activists Political activists -- Biography. -- Ni… Ressources Internet Saro-Wiwa, Ken SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food