Download or read book Ken Saro Wiwa and the Crises of the Nigerian State written by Omotoye Olorode and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ogoni s Agonies written by Abdul Rasheed Naʼallah and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a wide range of perspectives on the crisis. It includes detailed historical analyses of the Ogoni people, of Nigerian politics, and of the international responses to the Saro-Wiwa execution. It also includes a strong body of critical responses to the work of Ken Saro-Wiwa, and to his importance as a Nigerian intellectual and activist.
Download or read book Ken Saro Wiwa s Shadow Expanded Edition written by Sanya Osha and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ogoni crisis, which reached its peak in Nigeria in the 1990s, divided all the major stakeholders (namely, the Nigerian state, the multinational petroleum concerns, the Ogoni community, and the rest of the Nigerian populace) in the conflict. There were also undoubtedly other important ramifications within the Ogoni community, such as divisions along the lines of those who were pro-government and those who upheld an opposing stance. These divisions run deep and define the more subtle contours of the conflict amongst the Ogoni people who were once led by their indomitable leader, Ken Saro-Wiwa, until he was hanged by the General Sani Abacha regime in 1995. Ken Saro-Wiwa’s struggle exemplified certain core values and tenets, including democracy, minority rights, environmental awareness, non-violence and respect for human dignity. However, as he lived and worked in an antithetical political context governed by veniality, despotism and philistinism he was brutally cut down. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the Ogoni crisis and its unfolding aftermath.
Download or read book Ken Saro Wiwa written by Craig W. McLuckie and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The authors examine Saro-Wiwa's literary output both in terms of literary criticism and within a political framework. They give equal attention to his more public roles, including public reaction within Nigeria to his work."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Ken Saro Wiwa and MOSOP written by Ben Wuloo Ikari and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a revelation. The book of revelation, if you like. It deals crucially with the life of one of the most dignified I have ever known. The man who saved Nigeria from disintegration in 1967, but was unfortunately murdered in cold-blood by Shell and the Nigeria government on November 10, 1995. Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995)was an honest negotiator who did not loss a fight but could yield if genuine dialogue was put in place for mutual and bilateral agreement. He was a man of peace, of ideas; one of the bravest man on earth. Readers the world over, Ogonis and those who played the different roles in the hanging of Ken, would see my Hero resurface. And, this is because he lives. Shell and the Federal Government had lured, paid, and made promises to some Ogonis who were counseled in a mock court(before his arraignment at the Justice-injustice-Ibrahim Auta ́s Military tribunal) to testify falsely in oral and written forms against Saro-Wiwa and 8 others. They did this so that, having been killed for no crime but the consciousness he gave his suffering people, the Ogoni oil wealth and natural gas would be extracted unhindered and Niger Delta would learn a bitter lesson from it and would not venture to speak against the nonchalant attitudes and injustices meted by Shell Oil and the Nigerian Government. However, they misfired. Though the messenger was taken away by Corporate and State Murder, the message lives on, therefore Ken Saro-Wiwa lives. Ken Saro-Wiwa And Mosop-The Story and Revelation allows everyone, particularly minorities/students (scholars/environmentalists) all over the world to learn more of the life of this great man, who lived most of his life struggling to save his people and the environment; the Niger River Delta, the oppressed of Nigeria, Africa, and the larger world. How he nonviolently confronted the tormentors of the marginalized and oppressed because he saw the need to do so. He did it as a duty and paid the supreme price for his actions. This brings to mind the reality of ALTRUISM. He was indeed a selfless and committed man, an altruist. Ken Saro-Wiwa and MOSOP also serves as sending a strong message to the insensitive government of Nigeria, the United States Government, whose interest the Ogoni oil and gas reserves (oil for which Ken and 8 others were murdered) mostly serves to change their methods of dealing with the Ogoni people and issues; do oil business with greater consideration for the masses as against putting oil first. Treat Ogoni citizens with respect, dignity, and consideration; as human beings and not inanimates. The book as well brings the British/Netherland Governments(home countries of Shell)and their baby crook/rogue company, Shell, to the world ́s satellite. For these governments have failed woefully to bring peace to Ogoni and the Niger Delta. Yet, the Britons, especially had brought Shell to Nigeria as their economic vehicle in the mid-50s succeeding their reign as the invaders, looters, and killers of Africa for the expansion of their empire-the colonial era. As the book says, Shell Must compensate Ogoni for her miseries that stem from unimaginable exploitation, the devastation of the environment (that ́s man ́s first right), and the death of over 4 thousand innocent citizens killed during the crisis the company planned and executed, using the Nigerian State and Particularly the military led by Colonel Paul Okontimo (rtd), Major Obi Umai, and others. The company must clean the environmental mess in Ogoni, caused by its reckless exploitation. The then Rivers State Internal Security Taskforce ethnically cleanse Ogoni (committed genocide) on the orders of Shell, because Ogoni under Ken Saro-Wiwa took their destiny into their hands. Having given the company and government ultimatum to meet the Ogoni demand which has a state as minimum, that was presented to the Federal Government in 1990, and they refused to response to. Shell was declared persona non
Download or read book Anatomy of the Niger Delta Crisis written by Victor Ojakorotu and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anatomy of the Niger Delta crisis: causes, consequences and opportunities for peace is a firm key work providing deep insights into the complex and varied interests that are at play in the Niger Delta of Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria. The nine treatises in this book, unequivocally, identify the primary motivations and major players in the imbroglio that is responsible for the quagmire which the international oil market is faced with today. The bold academic discourses, to a large extent, blame British imperialism, global capitalism and Nigeria's political elites for the situation in the Niger Delta, which has a far reaching global effect. Each of the essays, nonetheless, paints a picture of hope for the distraught communities in the Niger Delta in spite of the dark themes that are the preoccupations of the scholars. That is, if the Nigerian government would approach the Niger Delta crisis with the absolute sincerity that it deserves.
Download or read book The Open Sore of a Continent written by Wole Soyinka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events that led up to dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution in 1995 marked Nigeria's decline from a post-colonial success story to its current military dictatorship. Wole Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by the Nigerian military in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging.
Download or read book Fresh Dimensions on the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria written by Victor Ojakorotu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-05-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited Volume dealing with the Niger Delta.Topics Covered: Militarism, resource management, development, etc.Part of the Conflict and Development Series of the Journa of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
Download or read book Understanding Modern Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.
Download or read book This House Has Fallen written by Karl Maier and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand Africa, one must understand Nigeria, and few Americans understand Nigeria better than Karl Maier. This House Has Fallen is a bracing and disturbing report on the state of Africa's most populous, potentially richest, and most dangerously dysfunctional nation. Each year, with depressing consistency, Nigeria is declared the most corrupt state in the entire world. Though Nigeria is a nation into which billions of dollars of oil money flow, its per capita income has fallen dramatically in the past two decades. Military coup follows military coup. A bellwether for Africa, it is a country of rising ethnic tensions and falling standards of living, very possibly on the verge of utter collapse -- a collapse that could dramatically overshadow even the massacres in Rwanda. A brilliant piece of reportage and travel writing, This House Has Fallenlooks into the Nigerian abyss and comes away with insight, profound conclusions, and even some hope. Updated with a new preface by the author.
Download or read book Genocide in Nigeria written by Ken Saro-Wiwa and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of newspaper columns and articles mostly written in the 1970s and 1980s perhaps provides the best overview of Saro-Wiwa's political and environmental concerns. The articles document his concerns about the fate of the Ogoni people and their mistreatment by multinational oil companies and collaborating Nigerian government. Saro-Wiwa argues that the Ogoni are a minority in Nigeria, exploited by the ruling ethnic majority, and that the Federal Government of Nigeria was threatening the Ogoni with genocide. At the time, this was a key publication in bringing the Ogoni tragedy to the attention of the international community. Nowadays, it is of continual relevance to present day concerns about the actions of the oil companies, indigenous and environmental rights in the Delta region.
Download or read book Nigeria the Ogoni Crisis written by Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Price of Oil written by Bronwen Manby and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to Import Weapons
Download or read book Silence Would Be Treason written by Ide Corley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of the last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa that reveals the indomitable mind and spirit of the legendary campaigner for justice in the last months before his execution. The letters and poems collected here are the last writings of a man on trial for his life. They were smuggled out of military detention in food baskets.. Nigerian author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, facing execution by the military regime on trumped-up charges, corresponded extensively with Irish nun and solidarity worker Majella McCarron during the last 18 months of his life. Clear and direct, these letters and poems are the last expression of a voice the regime was determined to silence: a voice for indigenous rights, environmental survival and democracy, many of whose battles were won despite his death and whose voice comes alive today again in these extraordinary letters. Saro-Wiwa was a leading figure in the world of Nigerian and African letters, as novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer, author of children's books and television writer. He was also a major figure in Nigerian politics, when his support for the autonomy of his own, indigenous Ogoni people led to his removal from office. Following this Saro-Wiwa threw himself into business to provide the financial basis for the movement which from 1990 took the shape of MOSOP, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. MOSOP raised not only the issue of indigenous autonomy but also that of environmental survival in the face of massive oil and gas extraction in the Niger Delta and the associated oil leaks, gas flaring and other environmental crises threatening traditional livelihoods in the area. This was a direct challenge to those who benefitted from the situation: the oil and gas multinationals and the Nigerian military government.
Download or read book Crises and Conflicts in Nigeria written by Olayemi Akinwumi and published by Lit Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ken Saro Wiwa written by S. Okechukwu Mezu and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crisis of the State written by Bruce Kapferer and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict. The state, otherwise understood as an abstract and transcendent concept in many works on globalization in political philosophy, is instead located and analyzed here as an embedded part of lived reality. This relationship to the state is exposed as an integral factor to the formation of the social – whether in Africa, the Middle East, South America or the United States. Through the examination of these particular empirical settings of war or war-like situations, the book further argues for the continued importance of the state in shifting social and political circumstances. In doing so, the authors provide a critical contribution to debates within a broad spectrum of fields that are concerned with the future of the state, the nature of sovereignty, and globalization.
