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Ken Saro-Wiwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995) ... Ken Saro-Wiwa was born Kenule Benson Tsaro-Wiwa in Bori, Rivers State, the son of Jim Beesom Wiwa, a businessman and community chief, and Widy, a farmer. ... For further reading: In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy by Ken Wiwa (2001); Ken Saro-Wiwa:
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Ken Saro-Wiwa (born Oct. 10, 1941, Bori, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria — died Nov. 10, 1995, Port Harcourt) Nigerian writer and activist ... For more information on Ken Saro-Wiwa, visit Britannica.com.
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Oil giant finds itself accused of crimes against humanity over its activities in Nigeria ... In 1995, at a trial that resulted in his conviction and execution, the Nigerian writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa vowed that the oil giant Shell would one day be brought to justice.
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News about Ken Saro-Wiwa. Commentary and archival information about Ken Saro-Wiwa from The New York Times. ... Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of Nigeria's leading environmentalists and authors, was executed by Nigeria's former military regime in November 1995, provoking international protests and calls for punitive measures...
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Ken Saro-Wiwa was an author, television producer, and human rights activist from Nigeria. ... Saro-Wiwa continued his education and held teaching posts until becoming a political administrator for the federal cause during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–70). His most famous novel, Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English (1985),
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George, Karibi T. "Myth and History in Ken Saro-Wiwa's Basi and Company: A Modern African Folktale." In African Literature and African Historical Experiences, edited by Chidi Ikonne, Emelia Oko, and Peter Onwudinjo, pp. 107-15. Ibadan, Nigeria: Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria PLC, 1991.
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Ken Saro-Wiwa squints at us from the cover of his detention diary, the posthumous A Month and a Day. His moustache looks precise and trim; his eyes are alight; the distinctive gash scrawls across his temple. But the picture is governed by his pipe.
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