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Ken Saro-Wiwa: 31 Years of Begging the Question

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Nigeria has continued to evade, rather than confront, the issues at the heart of the Niger Delta agitation. Vincent Obia writes



Nigeria marks a bitter anniversary today. On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian state, under the military rule of General Sani Abacha, silenced one of the most powerful voices of justice in environmental rights history. Ken Saro-Wiwa, a celebrated writer, environmental rights campaigner, and leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), was hanged

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