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In 2006, Nigerian-British sculptor, Sokari Douglas-Camp, was commissioned by human and environment rights organization, Platform, to create a work of art in honour of the memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Douglas-Camp created a life-sized replica of a Nigerian steel bus, called ‘Battle Bus: Living Memorial for Ken Saro-Wiwa'. It was an artistic symbol of movement and change. In 2015, 20 years after the execution of the Ogoni Nine, Platform planned to commemorate the Ogoni Nine execution and wanted Douglas-Camp's Battle Bus to feature at the event held in Bori, Saro-Wiwa's hometown. But when the battle bus arrived at the Lagos Seaport that year, it was impounded by the port authorities.It is now 2025*, nearly 30 years since the executions happened. Presidents have come and gone; Niger-Delta resistance has, arguably, become more violent and more commercially motivated; public memory of the Ogoni Nine has atrophied, and the battle bus, an artistic work crafted to honour the memory of the Ogoni Nine, is still under arrest by the Nigerian authorities. What is it about Saro-Wiwa that continues to aggravate and possibly even terrify the Nigerian ruling establishment? How have the Ogoni people been able to come to terms with the execution of the Ogoni Nine, and deal with the unresolved environmental crisis caused by oil exploration till this day? What does the crisis in Ogoni and the Niger Delta more broadly tell us about what it means to be Nigerian?In this episode, our final of the season, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠republic.com.ng/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.*Note: this podcast was produced in 2024; as such, when Wale says ‘next year', he is referring to 2025.

On 22 May 1995, the final phase of the Ogoni Nine trial began. The Ogoni Nine had been in detention since May 1994. Ken Saro-Wiwa's health was declining, and had taken a turn for the worse. Still, the Special Military Tribunal resumed trial. With their lawyers, Femi Falana and Gani Fawehinmi having retired (due to being frustrated by the government), the Ogoni Nine were left without legal representation. If they were found guilty of murder, they would get the capital sentence of death. This was all anyone in Nigeria at the time could think of. After the courts pronounced the Ogoni Nine guilty, public attention turned to whether the Abacha regime would truly go ahead to execute them.Many Nigerians and international observers pushed for the Abacha regime to recall its sentence but on November 10 1995, they woke up to devastating news. From their homes, Nigerians wondered: despite the worldwide appeals, why did Abacha stick to his decision to sentence Saro-Wiwa and the other eight Ogonis to death? What message was Abacha trying to send to the world?In this episode, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠republic.com.ng/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This year it will be 30 years since Nigerian author and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian military government for leading protests against environmental pollution caused by oil exploration. He remains an icon of resistance against environmental degradation beyond Nigeria. The campaigns he led saw the exploration of crude oil stopped in Ogoniland, in the country's Niger Delta region, after it became clear oil spills had extensively polluted rivers and farmland, destroying the livelihoods of farmers and fishers. A report published by the United Nations Environmental Programme in 2011 said cleaning pollution in Ogoniland could take up to 30 years. Yet president Bola Tinubu recently announced that his government would begin negotiations to resume oil production in Ogoniland. This sparked protests from environmental rights groups who warned that the region was yet to heal from the damage wrought by decades of oil exploration. In today's Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja has been speaking to lawyer and leading environmental activist Celestine Akpobari and Niger-Delta-based journalist Ndume Green. Producer: Peter Musembi

On 19 January 1994, General Abacha, who had been Nigeria's head of state for just two months, sent a federal ministerial committee to Ogoniland to meet with Ken Saro-Wiwa in Saro-Wiwa's hometown of Bori. The primary mission of the committee was to investigate the oil crisis in the Niger Delta region and make a report on how to solve the crisis. The committee consisted of Alex Ibru, the federal minister of internal affairs; Chief Donald Etiebet, the minister of petroleum resources; Melford Okilo, the minister of tourism and commerce; and Lieutenant Colonel Dauda Musa Komo, the military governor of Rivers State.  Ibru, the publisher of The Guardian, one of Nigeria's most influential newspapers at that time, was a close friend of Saro-Wiwa. Due to his friendship with Saro-Wiwa, The Guardian had given MOSOP a lot of positive coverage and publicity in the news. Saro-Wiwa imagined that with Ibru on the tour, the Ogoni cause would get the seriousness of their struggle conveyed to the country, and to Abacha. However, Lieutenant Colonel Komo who acted as the official escort and guide of the Committee, saw the tour as an opportunity to impress Abacha and show his superiors in Abuja that he had Saro-Wiwa and the Ogonis under his control. With such differing goals between Saro-Wiwa and Lieutenant Komo, what kind of collision was about to happen? In this episode, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠republic.com.ng/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠.

1973 began with Ken Saro-Wiwa being more publicly critical than ever of the Nigerian government he was a part of. Increasingly, he served two masters: he was a government commissioner and he was also advocating for the autonomy of the Ogoni people over their political and economic affairs. Fresh out of a civil war, Nigeria's authorities were intolerant of any form of agitation or activism, especially for ethnic autonomy.  But Saro-Wiwa persisted. He wrote petitions against Shell, and published articles like ‘Genocide in Nigeria: the Ogoni Tragedy'. Through these acts, Saro-Wiwa effectively crossed a line and the government responded in kind. In March 1973, a radio bulletin announced that the Rivers State Government had fired Saro-Wiwa. What did Saro-Wiwa do next? Who was Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro why does he loom large in the origins of Saro-Wiwa's eventual activism?  In this episode, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at ⁠⁠republic.com.ng/podcasts/⁠⁠. The Republic is currently on an editorial break and show notes will be available on our website by 31 January 2025.

In photos of the January 4 1993 Ogoni rally, Ken Saro-Wiwa stands out. You can sense his passion, his energy but more curiously his pull. These are very dangerous times to be protesting. Only days before, the Babangida military regime had placed a ban on public gatherings. So what was it about the Ogoni movement that made it (to borrow from the American writer, Toni Cade Bambara ) ‘irresistible' to Saro-Wiwa? Saro-Wiwa was pretty well off and could have lived a much more convenient, non-political life. At the same time, Nigeria is a highly unequal society where the wealthy are often out of touch. This was true even back then; so what was it about Saro-Wiwa that made him connect not just materially with Ogoni people but philosophically, almost spiritually; enough to make them risk even death in joining him on this march?In this episode, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at ⁠republic.com.ng/podcasts/⁠.The Republic is currently on an editorial break and show notes will be available on our website by 31 January 2025.*Correction: at 29:14, Wale says General Murtala Muhammed became head of state. This is an error. General Muhammed led the 1966 coup but General Yakubu Gowon became head of state. This will be corrected in the audio as soon as possible.

You're probably wondering why we chose to start this season talking about General Sani Abacha, the despot who ruled Nigeria from 1993 until his mysterious death in 1998. The short answer is this: if we really want to understand what Ken Saro-Wiwa, the protagonist of our story this season, was up against, we have to understand Abacha.  What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? During much of Abacha's regime, this was the dynamic between Abacha and Saro-Wiwa. But at one point Abacha seemed to give way, to extend an olive branch. In 1994, around two months into his rule, he invited Saro-Wiwa to become Nigeria's oil minister. What drove Abacha to make this offer? And can you guess Saro-Wiwa's response? In this episode, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at republic.com.ng/podcasts/. The Republic is currently on an editorial break and show notes will be available on our website by 31 January 2025.

African history is not yet mainstream and we're on a mission to change this. The Republic is a miniseries covering key events and figures in African history. Our second season focuses on the life and legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a writer and one of nine non-violent Ogoni activists the General Sani Abacha military government brutally executed in 1995. The Ogoni are an ethnic group situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. For years, they have suffered pollution and environmental degradation stemming from crude oil extraction on their land. Saro-Wiwa's protests against oil companies such as Shell, including his leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), frustrated the Abacha government, which relied heavily on oil exports. On 10 November 1995, after controversial court trials, the Abacha regime sentenced Saro-Wiwa along with eight other Ogoni activists to death by hanging. The eight were: Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine. Their brutal arrest and murder marked a pivotal moment not only in Nigeria's history but also in the history of global environmentalism. Nearly 30 years since the Ogoni 9 execution, host Wale Lawal traces the life and legacy of Saro-Wiwa, and the implications of the Ogoni 9 execution. You'll travel to the Niger Delta and hear about life in Nigeria under Abacha's regime, the political rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the troubled history of oil in the Niger Delta, the arrest and trial of the Ogoni 9, and how Abacha's execution of the Ogoni 9 continues to shape the politics of Nigeria's oil wealth and what it means to be Nigerian today. Learn more about The Republic at ⁠republic.com.ng/podcasts

Send us a textIs charity really the solution to society's biggest problems, or is it just a sticking plaster for an evil capitalist system?! Join Ben and Adam as they critique Jon Kuhrt's lecture Grace, Truth and the Common Good, discuss this week's Saint of the Week, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and explore why Lee Carsley refuses to sing the national anthem. Links:Carsley not singing national anthemParents' dismay at 'draconian' uniform rulesJournal article on Ken Saro-WiwaEdited extract of Jon Kuhrt's lectureFull version transcriptVideo of lecturePodcast of lectureChristians for Palestine:InstagramFacebookEmail: christiansforpalestineuk@gmail.comSupport the showEverything Bread and Rosaries does will be free for everyone forever, but it does cost money to produce so if you wish to support the show on Patreon, we'd love you forever!Music credits at this link

Here are some notable events in world history that happened on November 10:1775 - The United States Marine Corps was established by the Continental Congress.1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley located missing Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"1917 - The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia began when the Red Guards, led by the Bolshevik Party, seized government buildings in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). This marked the start of the Russian Civil War and eventually led to the establishment of the Soviet Union.1951 - Direct-dial long-distance telephone service was introduced in the United States.1975 - The United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, equating Zionism with racism. The resolution was later repealed in 1991.1989 - The Berlin Wall, which had separated East and West Berlin since 1961, was breached by East Germans, leading to the reunification of Germany.1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian writer and environmental activist, and eight other Ogoni leaders were executed by the Nigerian government, sparking international outrage.2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the USA PATRIOT Act in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, granting the government expanded surveillance and investigative powers.2006 - The Great British financial institution, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), announced the acquisition of Dutch bank ABN AMRO in a deal that would later contribute to the global financial crisis of 2008.2019 - Bolivia's President Evo Morales resigned amid allegations of electoral fraud and widespread protests. He sought asylum in Mexico.These are just a few significant historical events that occurred on November 10. There are many more events that have shaped the course of history on this date throughout the years.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-history-november-10th/Social Media:Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/simian-samba/audrey-horne/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joining Gavan On the Record to remember the strength, spirit, and kindness of Sinéad O'Connor is 90's pop-singer Sophie B. Hawkins who performed with Sinead at the Bob Dylan 30th anniversary concert in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1992 as well as Ken Saro-Wiwa's daughter, Noo, who read a poem with Sinéad at a memorial concert held for her father in Dublin in 1996, a year after his murder in 1995.

Bringing together 100 essential critical articles across 4 volumes, Literature and the Environment: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2021) is a comprehensive collection of the most important academic writings on ecocriticism and literature's engagement with environmental crisis. With texts by key scholars, creative writers and activists, the articles in these four volumes follow the development and history of environmental criticism, as well as interdisciplinary conversations with contemporary philosophy and media studies. Literature and the Environment includes work by such writers as: Stacy Alaimo, Jonathan Bate, Winona LaDuke, Laura Pulido, Kyle Powis Whyte, Jacques Derrida, Ursula K. Heise, Bruno Latour, Rob Nixon, Ken Saro-Wiwa, William Shakespeare, Leslie Marmon Silko, Henry David Thoreau, Rita Wong. E.O. Wilson, Cary Wolfe and William Wordsworth. Stephanie LeMenager is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Professor in English and American Literature and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, USA. She is co-founder (with Stephanie Foote) of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities and her previous books include Living Oil: Petroleum and Culture in the American Century (2014). Teresa Shewry is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is the author of Hope At Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature (2015). Gargi Binju is a researcher at the University of Tübingen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Bringing together 100 essential critical articles across 4 volumes, Literature and the Environment: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2021) is a comprehensive collection of the most important academic writings on ecocriticism and literature's engagement with environmental crisis. With texts by key scholars, creative writers and activists, the articles in these four volumes follow the development and history of environmental criticism, as well as interdisciplinary conversations with contemporary philosophy and media studies. Literature and the Environment includes work by such writers as: Stacy Alaimo, Jonathan Bate, Winona LaDuke, Laura Pulido, Kyle Powis Whyte, Jacques Derrida, Ursula K. Heise, Bruno Latour, Rob Nixon, Ken Saro-Wiwa, William Shakespeare, Leslie Marmon Silko, Henry David Thoreau, Rita Wong. E.O. Wilson, Cary Wolfe and William Wordsworth. Stephanie LeMenager is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Professor in English and American Literature and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, USA. She is co-founder (with Stephanie Foote) of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities and her previous books include Living Oil: Petroleum and Culture in the American Century (2014). Teresa Shewry is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is the author of Hope At Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature (2015). Gargi Binju is a researcher at the University of Tübingen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Bringing together 100 essential critical articles across 4 volumes, Literature and the Environment: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2021) is a comprehensive collection of the most important academic writings on ecocriticism and literature's engagement with environmental crisis. With texts by key scholars, creative writers and activists, the articles in these four volumes follow the development and history of environmental criticism, as well as interdisciplinary conversations with contemporary philosophy and media studies. Literature and the Environment includes work by such writers as: Stacy Alaimo, Jonathan Bate, Winona LaDuke, Laura Pulido, Kyle Powis Whyte, Jacques Derrida, Ursula K. Heise, Bruno Latour, Rob Nixon, Ken Saro-Wiwa, William Shakespeare, Leslie Marmon Silko, Henry David Thoreau, Rita Wong. E.O. Wilson, Cary Wolfe and William Wordsworth. Stephanie LeMenager is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Professor in English and American Literature and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, USA. She is co-founder (with Stephanie Foote) of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities and her previous books include Living Oil: Petroleum and Culture in the American Century (2014). Teresa Shewry is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is the author of Hope At Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature (2015). Gargi Binju is a researcher at the University of Tübingen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Bringing together 100 essential critical articles across 4 volumes, Literature and the Environment: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2021) is a comprehensive collection of the most important academic writings on ecocriticism and literature's engagement with environmental crisis. With texts by key scholars, creative writers and activists, the articles in these four volumes follow the development and history of environmental criticism, as well as interdisciplinary conversations with contemporary philosophy and media studies. Literature and the Environment includes work by such writers as: Stacy Alaimo, Jonathan Bate, Winona LaDuke, Laura Pulido, Kyle Powis Whyte, Jacques Derrida, Ursula K. Heise, Bruno Latour, Rob Nixon, Ken Saro-Wiwa, William Shakespeare, Leslie Marmon Silko, Henry David Thoreau, Rita Wong. E.O. Wilson, Cary Wolfe and William Wordsworth. Stephanie LeMenager is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Professor in English and American Literature and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, USA. She is co-founder (with Stephanie Foote) of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities and her previous books include Living Oil: Petroleum and Culture in the American Century (2014). Teresa Shewry is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is the author of Hope At Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature (2015). Gargi Binju is a researcher at the University of Tübingen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Ken Saro-Wiwa, poeta e scrittore, ha guidato il suo popolo, gli Ogoni, minoranza del delta del Niger, nelle proteste e nelle manifestazioni in difesa delle loro terre, ferite dallo sfruttamento di giacimenti di petrolio. Una produzione Emons Record www.emonsedizioni.it See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In the 1990s, as oil spills devastate the environment, Shell becomes persona non grata in Ogoniland. Then, when Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ledum Mittee and other activists leading the charge against Shell, are accused of incitement to murder, they come face to face with the power of Nigeria's military government. BBC West Africa correspondent Mayeni Jones investigates a miscarriage of justice which has become an infamous moment in Nigerian history. Presenter: Mayeni Jones Producer: Josephine Casserly (Photo: Ken Sara Wiwa Credit: Tim Lambon/Greenpeace)

There are more ways to conduct and communicate research than merely reporting experimental results. Kerime Opijnen is a recent Ms. Sc. graduate from Lunds University and she shares her experiences using poetry and creative writing as a research format in this episode. Her work focuses on The Power of Poetry to bridge gaps between human rights and environmental devastation in the Niger Delta and oil consumers in the Netherlands. Kerime was kind enough to discuss the role that poetry and creative writing can take as a research method, as a writing form for Master's research, and why non-standard research and writing have value for people across the world. Show Note: Clayton asked Kerime to share some additional information about some of the positive work being done in the Niger Delta by activists. Here is what she said: "When I spoke to Nnimmo Bassey, he was in Port Harcourt in the heart of the Niger Delta. He was there to visit polluted location and the places where contamination is being cleaned up. Particularly in Ogoniland, the clean-up process has started, which in Bassey's eyes vindicates the work and position of Ken Saro Wiwa who was assassinated in 1995. Bassey said that, to him, this clean-up is "a sign that, no matter who has suffered in the past and no matter what was done in the past, one day truth will prevail." Bassey also spoke about the hope that took from the took from the judgements in the Hague and also a recent UK Supreme Court ruling which held Shell accountable for environmental damages." Resources Kerime's Thesis: https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=9044288&fileOId=9044291 (https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=9044288&fileOId=9044291)   Rob Nixon's book Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor: https://books.google.no/books/about/Slow_Violence_and_the_Environmentalism_o.html?id=bTVbUTOsoC8C&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false (https://books.google.no/books/about/Slow_Violence_and_the_Environmentalism_o.html?id=bTVbUTOsoC8C&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false) Social Science Research Council - What is activist research?: https://items.ssrc.org/from-our-archives/what-is-activist-research/ (https://items.ssrc.org/from-our-archives/what-is-activist-research/) This is an English article about the Dutch court case which Kerime also talked about: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shell-nigeria-court-idUSKBN29Y1D2 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shell-nigeria-court-idUSKBN29Y1D2) Nnimmo Bassey Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnimmo_Bassey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnimmo_Bassey) A.D. Carson, Ph.D - Seth mentioned A.D. Carson's successful Ph.D. Album thesis: https://aydeethegreat.com/ (https://aydeethegreat.com/)

Rob Nixon is the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor of the Humanities and the Environment at Princeton University. His fourth book, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011), uniquely made waves across the academic fields of the humanities and in the world of climate change activism. In this episode, Rob details the book's origins in his campaigning for the release of Ken Saro-Wiwa, in his anti-apartheid activism, and in his writing about the nuclear aftermath of the US-Iraq War. 'This is a book that didn't intend to become a book.' Craft is brought to you by Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing. Check out our website, www.wasafiri.org, for outtakes and a full transcript of this interview, and much more from writers all over the world.Craft is sponsored by Arts Council England, and Queen Mary University of London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa from prison in Nigeria to an Irish nun in the run up to his execution in November 1995. Smuggled out of prison in bread baskets, they are the final testament of a man who gave everything he had in the struggle for social and ecological justice. As Ken Saro-Wiwa continues to inspire people and movements across decades and continents, these letters form part of our living history, and give us an immediate link with the man behind the hero.

The Board of Directors of Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation (KSWF) says they will not accept the proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists executed by the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, in 1995.In a statement signed on behalf of the board of directors by Dr. Owen Wiwa, the KSWF asked President Buhari to grant their earlier request for the exoneration of Saro-Wiwa and eight others made by the family of the late activist. “Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other eight Ogonis were not criminals. They were innocent activists unjustly murdered for fighting for a just cause on behalf of their oppressed community.“The path to true peace in the region begins with justice. The cleaning up of the environment for which they campaigned and died for is a first good step. “The exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni activists, judicially murdered on November 10 1995 is another step towards peace. “The family of Ken Saro-Wiwa have made a request for the exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa to the President in the past and are still waiting for a response. We urge the President to again consider this request as a path to justice and peace.“The family and the Foundation have not asked any individual to ask for pardon or clemency for Ken Saro-Wiwa on our behalf, nor are we aware of any group of Ogonis making such a request,” the statement read

In this episode, Evelyn and Lara shed some light on the struggles, impact, and brutal execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa as he led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Royal Dutch Shell struck oil on Ogoni lands in Delta State in 1958 and this was the beginning of a string of environmental and human rights injustices against the people of Ogoni land till now. A community that was once rich in natural resources became destitute. Dejected by the rapid decline in their fortune, they protested against the pollution of their environment and demanded clean air, water, education, health facilities, etc. **Film recommendation - Oloibiri which can be found on Amazon Prime. It tells the story of villagers' lives and the impact of the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in the Niger Delta. Share and leave a comment wherever you listen to the podcast and follow us on Instagram @onceuponanaija for more content.

Le 10 novembre 1995, l'écrivain et militant écologiste nigérian Ken Saro-Wiwa et huit compagnons d'infortune étaient exécutés par la junte du président Sani Abacha à l'issue d'un procès controversé. Fondateur du Mouvement pour la survie du peuple ogoni (Mosop) au début des années 1990, Ken Saro-Wiwa avait alerté l'opinion mondiale sur les désastres écologiques liés à l'exploitation du pétrole dans le delta du Niger, fédérant autour de lui des dizaines de milliers de personnes dans des communautés ogonis peu habituées jusque là à manifester pour leurs droits.

On this week's episode, I detailed the childhood, education, activism, imprisonment and how Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Episode where I spoke about apartheid in South Africa: https://www.podpage.com/this-is-the-future/albert-lithuli-and-desmond-tutu-two-warriors-fighting-the-same-demon/ Episode where I spoke about Idi Ami of Uganda: https://www.podpage.com/this-is-the-future/yoweri-museveni-journey-from-revolution-to-dictatorship/ Episode where I spoke about Ken Saro Wiwa: https://www.podpage.com/this-is-the-future/remembering-ken-saro-wiwa-and-the-ogoni-8/

Joe walks us through the timeline of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to mark the 10th year of that 1,000,000 year catastrophe. Rebecca Wood tells us about Irish environmentalist and human rights campaigner, Sister Majella McCarron who helped Ken Saro-Wiwa as he fought to save the Niger Delta from Royal Dutch Shell, and more!

#20 Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: penser la férocité blanche, 3e partie: Reprendre la parole aux expertsLa férocité blanche, ce sont 500 ans de crimes et d'injustice produits par la violence coloniale. Troisième et dernière partie de notre entretien avec Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe, autrice de La férocité blanche, des non-blancs aux non-aryens, génocides occultés de 1492 à nos jours. Dans épisode, Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe s'interroge sur le regard soi-disant neutre de ceux qui se proclament experts et appelle chacunE d'entre nous à se défaire des prisons mentales qui nous emprisonnent en questionnant les vérités officielles.Née en Colombie, Rosa-Amelia Plumelle-Uribe est descendante à la fois des populations autochtones d'Abya Yala et des AfricainEs qui y ont été déportéEs par les colonisateurs Européens.Références:Générique : Atch, Freedom, 2020.Maria Bethânia (ft. Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil), Saudade dela, 2009.Les ouvrages de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: Du lynchage des noirs dans les rues au lynchage judiciaire des noirs, Éd. Anibwé, 2020; 3 Novembre 2015 Victimes innocentes des guerres, Éd. Anibwé, 2016; Victimes des esclavagistes musulmans, chrétiens et juifs. Racialisation et banalisation d'un crime contre l'humanité, Éd. Anibwé, 2012; Kongo, les mains coupées, Éd. Anibwé, 2010; Traite des blancs, traites des noirs : aspects méconnus et conséquences actuelles, L'Harmattan, 2008; La férocité blanche : des non-Blancs aux non-Aryens, génocides occultés de 1492 à nos jours, A. Michel, 2001. Les conseils de lecture de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: En los años 70 : Tambores del destino por Peter Bourne ; Discurso sobre el colonialismo de Aimé Césaire ; Los condenados de la tierra; Piel negra máscaras blancas por Franz Fanon ; Autobiografía de Malcom X por Alex Haley ; El apartheid en la práctica, Compendio de la legislación sud-africana ; En los años 80 : Français et Africains. Les Noirs dans le regard des Blancs por William Cohen ; La politique nazie d'extermination, François Bédarida ; La destruction des Juifs d'Europe par Raul Hilberg ; Des Juifs dans la collaboration par Maurice Rajsfus ; Hitler voulait l'Afrique par Alexandre Kuma N'Dumbé III ; Science nazie, science de mort par Benno Muller-Hill ; La conquête de l'Amérique et la question de l'autre par Tzvetan Todorov ; Israël et les peuples noirs L'alliance raciste israélo arabe par Abdelkader Benabdallah ; Mémoires d'un esclave américain par Frederick Douglas ; Le code noir ou le calvaire de Canaan par Louis Sala-Molins ; En los años 90 : L'Afrique aux Amériques par Louis Sala-Molins ; Les fantômes du roi Léopold II un holocauste oublié par Adam Hochschild ; L'assassinat de Lumumba par Ludo de Witte ;L'or et le fer, Bismarck et son banquier Bleichröder par Fritz Stern ; Le septième million, par Tom Segev ; Eichmann à Jérusalem par Hannah Arendt ; Civilisation ou barbarie par Cheikh Anta Diop; Desde los años 2 000 : Le mythe de la bonne guerre par Jacques R. Pauwels ; 1914-1918 La grande guerre des classes par Jacques R. Pauwels ; La conquête continue par Noam Chomsky ; « Nous le peuple des Etats Unis » par Howard Zinn ; Une histoire populaire des Etats-Unis par Howard Zinn ; L'Holocauste dans la vie américaine par Peter Novick ; Aux origines des théories raciales par André Pichot ; Si je suis encore en vie… par Ken Saro-Wiwa ; Comment Hitler a acheté les Allemands par Götz Aly ; Les architectes de l'extermination par Götz Aly ; Silenciando el pasado por Michel-Rolph Trouillot ; Esclavage Réparation Les Lumières des Capucins et Les lueurs des pharisiens par Louis Sala-Molins.Pour aller plus loin:L'entretien de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe avec Cases Rebelles en 2014L'entretien de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe avec Thotep: partie 1 et partie 2Lettre a Yann Moix, qui traitait "d'anachronisme" l'utilisation du terme "crime contre l'humanité" concernant l'esclavage ou les crimes commis sous NapoléonExtrait de Kongo, les mains coupées sur le site de Cases RebellesExtrait de Victimes des esclavagistes musulmans, chrétiens et juifs sur le site Etat d'exceptionAdaptation radiophonique de La Férocité blanche par Le gang des gazières Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

#19 La férocité blanche (2/3): Trouver les mot: appeler un génocide un génocideLa « férocité blanche », ce sont les crimes produits par 500 ans de colonialisme, dont Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe rapporte l'extrême violence et cruauté à travers un travail gigantesque de documentation accumulée et minutieusement analysée pendant deux décennies. Deuxième partie de notre entretien avec l'autrice de La férocité blanche, des non-blancs aux non-aryens, génocides occultés de 1492 à nos jours. Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe nous présente sa réflexion, riche et fine, sur la notion de génocide, et comment elle a contribué à la redéfinir à partir de ses recherches.Née en Colombie, Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe est descendante à la fois des peuples originaires d'Abya Yala (Amériques) et des populations noires qui y ont été déportées pendant la traite d'esclaves européenne. Publié en 2001, La férocité blanche est le fruit de 20 ans de réflexion, qui reste toujours pertinente.Musique:Los hijos del sol, El tamalito, 1989.Générique : Atch, Freedom, 2020.Les ouvrages de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: Du lynchage des noirs dans les rues au lynchage judiciaire des noirs, Éd. Anibwé, 2020; 3 Novembre 2015 Victimes innocentes des guerres, Éd. Anibwé, 2016; Victimes des esclavagistes musulmans, chrétiens et juifs. Racialisation et banalisation d'un crime contre l'humanité, Éd. Anibwé, 2012; Kongo, les mains coupées, Éd. Anibwé, 2010; Traite des blancs, traites des noirs : aspects méconnus et conséquences actuelles, L'Harmattan, 2008; La férocité blanche : des non-Blancs aux non-Aryens, génocides occultés de 1492 à nos jours, A. Michel, 2001.Les conseils de lecture de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: En los años 70 : Tambores del destino por Peter Bourne ; Discurso sobre el colonialismo de Aimé Césaire ; Los condenados de la tierra; Piel negra máscaras blancas por Franz Fanon ; Autobiografía de Malcom X por Alex Haley ; El apartheid en la práctica, Compendio de la legislación sud-africana ; En los años 80 : Français et Africains. Les Noirs dans le regard des Blancs por William Cohen ; La politique nazie d'extermination, François Bédarida ; La destruction des Juifs d'Europe par Raul Hilberg ; Des Juifs dans la collaboration par Maurice Rajsfus ; Hitler voulait l'Afrique par Alexandre Kuma N'Dumbé III ; Science nazie, science de mort par Benno Muller-Hill ; La conquête de l'Amérique et la question de l'autre par Tzvetan Todorov ; Israël et les peuples noirs L'alliance raciste israélo arabe par Abdelkader Benabdallah ; Mémoires d'un esclave américain par Frederick Douglas ; Le code noir ou le calvaire de Canaan par Louis Sala-Molins ; En los años 90 : L'Afrique aux Amériques par Louis Sala-Molins ; Les fantômes du roi Léopold II un holocauste oublié par Adam Hochschild ; L'assassinat de Lumumba par Ludo de Witte ;L'or et le fer, Bismarck et son banquier Bleichröder par Fritz Stern ; Le septième million, par Tom Segev ; Eichmann à Jérusalem par Hannah Arendt ; Civilisation ou barbarie par Cheikh Anta Diop; Desde los años 2 000 : Le mythe de la bonne guerre par Jacques R. Pauwels ; 1914-1918 La grande guerre des classes par Jacques R. Pauwels ; La conquête continue par Noam Chomsky ; « Nous le peuple des Etats Unis » par Howard Zinn ; Une histoire populaire des Etats-Unis par Howard Zinn ; L'Holocauste dans la vie américaine par Peter Novick ; Aux origines des théories raciales par André Pichot ; Si je suis encore en vie… par Ken Saro-Wiwa ; Comment Hitler a acheté les Allemands par Götz Aly ; Les architectes de l'extermination par Götz Aly ; Silenciando el pasado por Michel-Rolph Trouillot ; Esclavage Réparation Les Lumières des Capucins et Les lueurs des pharisiens par Louis Sala-Molins.Pour aller plus loin:L'entretien de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe avec Cases Rebelles en 2014L'entretien de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe avec Thotep: partie 1 et partie 2Lettre a Yann Moix, qui traitait "d'anachronisme" l'utilisation du terme "crime contre l'humanité" concernant l'esclavage ou les crimes commis sous NapoléonExtrait de Kongo, les mains coupées sur le site de Cases RebellesExtrait de Victimes des esclavagistes musulmans, chrétiens et juifs sur le site Etat d'exceptionAdaptation radiophonique de La Férocité blanche par Le gang des gazières Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

#18 Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe. Penser la férocité blanche (1/3)Pour cet épisode, nous avons rencontré Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe, autrice de La férocité blanche, des non-blancs aux non-aryens, génocides occultés de 1492 à nos jours.Aujourd'hui âgée de 68 ans, elle a accepté de nous recevoir chez elle, en banlieue parisienne. Née en Colombie, Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe est descendante à la fois des peuples originaires d'Abya Yala (Amériques) et des populations noires qui y ont été déportées pendant la traite d'esclaves Européenne. Ce que Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe appelle la « férocité blanche », ce sont les crimes produits par 500 ans de colonialisme, dont elle rapporte l'extrême violence et cruauté à travers un travail gigantesque de documentation accumulée et minutieusement analysée pendant deux décennies. Mais La férocité blanche est tout sauf un catalogue de l'horreur. Publié en 2001, ce livre est le fruit de 20 ans de réflexion, qui reste pertinente. Comme Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe le dit elle-même, c'est une compréhension des faits qu'elle propose avant tout. Musique:Julieta Venegas ft. Marisa Monte, Ilusión, 2011.Générique : Atch, Freedom, 2020.Les ouvrages de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: Du lynchage des noirs dans les rues au lynchage judiciaire des noirs, Éd. Anibwé, 2020; 3 Novembre 2015 Victimes innocentes des guerres, Éd. Anibwé, 2016; Victimes des esclavagistes musulmans, chrétiens et juifs. Racialisation et banalisation d'un crime contre l'humanité, Éd. Anibwé, 2012; Kongo, les mains coupées, Éd. Anibwé, 2010; Traite des blancs, traites des noirs : aspects méconnus et conséquences actuelles, L'Harmattan, 2008; La férocité blanche : des non-Blancs aux non-Aryens, génocides occultés de 1492 à nos jours, A. Michel, 2001.Les conseils de lecture de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe: En los años 70 : Tambores del destino por Peter Bourne ; Discurso sobre el colonialismo de Aimé Césaire ; Los condenados de la tierra; Piel negra máscaras blancas por Franz Fanon ; Autobiografía de Malcom X por Alex Haley ; El apartheid en la práctica, Compendio de la legislación sud-africana ; En los años 80 : Français et Africains. Les Noirs dans le regard des Blancs por William Cohen ; La politique nazie d'extermination, François Bédarida ; La destruction des Juifs d'Europe par Raul Hilberg ; Des Juifs dans la collaboration par Maurice Rajsfus ; Hitler voulait l'Afrique par Alexandre Kuma N'Dumbé III ; Science nazie, science de mort par Benno Muller-Hill ; La conquête de l'Amérique et la question de l'autre par Tzvetan Todorov ; Israël et les peuples noirs L'alliance raciste israélo arabe par Abdelkader Benabdallah ; Mémoires d'un esclave américain par Frederick Douglas ; Le code noir ou le calvaire de Canaan par Louis Sala-Molins ; En los años 90 : L'Afrique aux Amériques par Louis Sala-Molins ; Les fantômes du roi Léopold II un holocauste oublié par Adam Hochschild ; L'assassinat de Lumumba par Ludo de Witte ;L'or et le fer, Bismarck et son banquier Bleichröder par Fritz Stern ; Le septième million, par Tom Segev ; Eichmann à Jérusalem par Hannah Arendt ; Civilisation ou barbarie par Cheikh Anta Diop; Desde los años 2 000 : Le mythe de la bonne guerre par Jacques R. Pauwels ; 1914-1918 La grande guerre des classes par Jacques R. Pauwels ; La conquête continue par Noam Chomsky ; « Nous le peuple des Etats Unis » par Howard Zinn ; Une histoire populaire des Etats-Unis par Howard Zinn ; L'Holocauste dans la vie américaine par Peter Novick ; Aux origines des théories raciales par André Pichot ; Si je suis encore en vie… par Ken Saro-Wiwa ; Comment Hitler a acheté les Allemands par Götz Aly ; Les architectes de l'extermination par Götz Aly ; Silenciando el pasado por Michel-Rolph Trouillot ; Esclavage Réparation Les Lumières des Capucins et Les lueurs des pharisiens par Louis Sala-Molins.Pour aller plus loin:L'entretien de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe avec Cases Rebelles en 2014L'entretien de Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe avec Thotep: partie 1 et partie 2Lettre a Yann Moix, qui traitait "d'anachronisme" l'utilisation du terme "crime contre l'humanité" concernant l'esclavage ou les crimes commis sous NapoléonExtrait de Kongo, les mains coupées sur le site de Cases RebellesExtrait de Victimes des esclavagistes musulmans, chrétiens et juifs sur le site Etat d'exceptionAdaptation radiophonique de La Férocité blanche par Le gang des gazières Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Ken Saro-Wiwa Poetry Podcast notice by MU Library

On this week's episode of This is the Future Podcast, I relay the history of the struggle and (sadly) the death of Ken Saro Wiwa and his colleagues and draw a parallel between the response of the Abacha regime and the response of Buhari's government to the End SARS Protest.

Ce soir, Black Out vous accompagne, à partir de 18h, en chroniques et en musique ! Au programme, nous passerons en revue l'actualité de ces dernières semaines. Nous vous proposerons un coup de coeur pour Ken Saro-Wiwa. Nous dédierons une minute noire à l'Angola et ses 45 années d'indépendance. Enfin, nous vous présenterons les dernières sorties albums musique noire !

To mark the 25th year of the deaths of the Ogoni Nine - nine men who were executed by a brutal military regime in Nigeria in response to their activism against oil extraction in Ogoniland - IHRB presents a series of conversations about the significance of their struggle and impact of their leader Ken Saro Wiwa.  In this episode - The View from the Ground - Salil Tripathi talks with Ledum Mitee, who was Saro-Wiwa's lawyer, detained with him, and mobilised international opinion for the Ogoni people, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Ken's daughter and distinguished writer based in London, and Austin Onuoha, a peace activist who works towards reconciliation in the Niger Delta. They examine what Ken Saro Wiwa meant to people in the Niger Delta and within the country. They focus on the struggle he built, the challenges he faced, the impact on his family, the family's view on the struggle, and how it impacted the movement for corporate accountability in the Niger Delta. 

To mark the 25th year of the deaths of the Ogoni Nine - nine men who were executed by a brutal military regime in Nigeria in response to their activism against oil extraction in Ogoniland - IHRB presents a series of conversations about the significance of their struggle and impact of their leader Ken Saro Wiwa.  In this episode - The View from a Corporate - Salil Tripathi talks with Richard Boele, now at KPMG in Sydney, who worked at Body Shop during the 1990s and lead a spirited corporate campaign for the Ogoni people prior to Ken's murder.

Le trafic d’êtres humains et la prostitution forcée est un gros problème au Nigéria. "Òlòturé", une production de Nollywood pour Netflix traite le sujet de façon très réaliste et fait beaucoup parler. En fin d’émission hommage à Ken Saro-Wiwa, le militant écologiste nigérian exécuté il y a 25 ans. Mais tout d’abord l’expression du jour : "la science au service de la paix et du développement"...

To mark the 25th year of the deaths of the Ogoni Nine - nine men who were executed by a brutal military regime in Nigeria in response to their activism against oil extraction in Ogoniland - IHRB presents a series of conversations about the significance of their struggle and impact of their leader Ken Saro Wiwa. In this episode - The View from Beyond - Salil Tripathi speaks with Nnimmo Bassey, Rafto Laureate, human rights defender, poet, and environmental activist; Bronwen Manby who co-authored The Price of Oil, Human Rights Watch's path-breaking research report on the violence in the Niger Delta; Paul Hoffman, who argued the Wiwa case before the US Supreme Court under the Alien Tort Statute; and Bennett Freeman, who was a senior US State Department official who brought together oil and mining companies, governments, and international human rights groups to prepare the Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights. They discuss how the Ogoni struggle in Nigeria shaped the modern business and human rights movement; the litigations that followed; the lack of political and corporate accountability in an oil-rich nation where the military was a major factor, and; the state of human rights.

Le 10 novembre 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, écrivain et militant écologiste nigérian, et huit compagnons d’infortune étaient exécutés par le régime du président général Sani Abacha à l’issue d’un procès controversé. Membre de la minorité ogoni, il avait alerté l’opinion mondiale sur les désastres écologiques liés à l’exploitation du pétrole dans le Delta du Niger. Le territoire Ogoni est l’une des trois régions les plus riches en pétrole en Afrique. Ken Saro-Wiwa n’a cessé de son vivant de dénoncer la mauvaise redistribution des recettes du pétrole. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, dans « l’Ogoniland », les retombées visibles de la manne de l’or noir et du gaz sont peu nombreuses, tout comme les infrastructures et les équipements dans l’espace public. Les populations locales subissent les dommages collatéraux de l’exploitation énergétique : une pollution massive des nappes phréatiques, des champs agricoles et des zones de pêches, à laquelle s'ajoute un air vicié par les émanations de gaz. Résultat, en 2020, les conditions de vie sont toujours autant difficiles dans cette partie du Delta du Niger, alors qu’une campagne de dépollution a été officiellement relancée par Abuja en 2016. L’agence fédérale Hyprep, le Projet de nettoyage de la pollution liée à l’hydrocarbone, est née en 2012. Pour des problèmes de mauvaise gestion interne, rien ne s’est passé jusqu’en 2016. Mais l’Hyprep a démarré effectivement une campagne de dépollution depuis 2019. Elle avance cependant lentement.

Confinement, rap, Charlie Hebdo... Venez écouter nos invités Luffy2z, Aska et Siska dans cette première émission animée par Saïd : Radio 63, collaboration des centres Nouvelle Athènes et Ken Saro-Wiwa. Pour découvrir Luffy2z et Aska c'est par ici : https://cutt.ly/zgZInCz Pour découvrir Siska c'est par là : https://cutt.ly/HgZIUjQ Enjoy !

Le 10 novembre 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, écrivain et militant écologiste nigérian et huit compagnons d’infortune étaient exécutés par le régime du président général Sani Abacha à l’issue d’un procès controversé. Membre de la minorité ogoni, il avait alerté l’opinion mondiale sur les désastres écologiques liés à l’exploitation du pétrole dans le Delta du Niger. Le territoire Ogoni est l’une des trois régions les plus riches en pétrole en Afrique. Ken Saro Wiwa n’a cessé de son vivant de dénoncer la mauvaise redistribution des recettes du pétrole. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, plusieurs procès devaient avoir lieu en Europe, confrontant Shell, la multinationale anglo-néerlandaise, à des individualités et des collectifs issus de la communauté ogoni. La pandémie de coronavirus a reporté l’ouverture et la poursuite des débats de plusieurs audiences. Notre correspondant au Nigeria s’est rendu dans le Delta du Niger pour rencontrer deux familles en procès contre Shell. La famille Eawo et la famille Gbai sont des citoyens ordinaires et vivent un difficile combat judiciaire face à la multinationale.

Le 10 novembre 1995, l’écrivain et militant écologiste nigérian Ken Saro-Wiwa et huit compagnons d'infortune étaient exécutés par le régime du président général Sani Abacha à l’issue d’un procès controversé. Membre de la minorité Ogoni, il avait alerté l’opinion mondiale sur les désastres écologiques liés à l’exploitation du pétrole dans le delta du Niger. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, Ken Saro-Wiwa a laissé derrière lui des héritiers.  Dans « l'Ogoniland », la manne de l'or noir et du gaz a peu de retombées visibles. Les infrastructures et les équipements sont rares dans l'espace public. Les populations locales subissent les dommages collatéraux de l'exploitation énergétique : une pollution massive des nappes phréatiques, des champs agricoles et des zones de pêche, à laquelle s'ajoute un air vicié par les émanations de gaz. En 2020, les conditions de vie sont toujours autant difficiles dans cette partie du delta du Niger, alors qu'une campagne de dépollution a été officiellement lancée par Abuja en 2016. Ken Saro-Wiwa n'a cessé de son vivant de dénoncer la mauvaise redistribution des recettes du pétrole. Le Mosop, le mouvement qu'il a créé, existe toujours malgré la féroce répression qu'il a subie dans les années 90. Et surtout malgré l'exode massif de milliers militants dans les pays voisins du Nigeria, en Europe et en Amérique. Le MOSOP est très implanté dans les six royaumes Ogoni dans le pourtour de Port Harcourt. ► À lire aussi : Ken Saro-Wiwa, pionnier de l’écologie politique en Afrique Le crâne rasé de près, tunique à manche courte à damier jaune et orange, Bobjay Arwanen est le leader de l'antenne du MOSOP de Bera, une petite commune au cœur de Gokana, un des six royaumes Ogonis : « Chaque jour et chaque nuit, nous déplorons que notre air a été pollué, notre eau a été polluée, notre sol a été souillée, et même ce sol est condamné. Même si l'armée venait maintenant, je m'exprimerai sur le même ton. Je n'ai pas peur des soldats. Ils tirent, ils n'ont pas pu me tuer. J'ai passé quatre mois de ma vie à me cacher dans une forêt. Les soldats m'ont cherché jusqu'à ce qu'ils s'épuisent, ils ne m'ont jamais rattrapé. » En face de lui, assis trois par trois sur les bancs de la petite classe d'une école primaire de Bera, près de 45 adultes l'écoutent attentivement. Près de trente ans que le « camarade Bobjay », comme on l'appelle dans sa communauté, est un membre actif du MOSOP. Près de 30 ans que ce paysan harangue les foules dans les villages de la communauté ogoni.  « Depuis que Ken Saro-Wiwa est venu diriger le mouvement, je l'ai suivi. Je l'ai suivi jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Nous allions de village en village, nous avons commencé à crier, nous avons interpellé notre peuple dans notre langue. “S'il vous plaît dou, dou“ (appel sonore en langue gokana), quand vous les appelez ainsi, les habitants d'ici sortent immédiatement. Quand je dis “dou”, “dou”, je dis “viens, viens, sors“, et ils viennent en masse. J'ai essayé au maximum d'utiliser ma langue gokana pour bien me faire comprendre. Du moment où vous parlez aux gens d'ici dans leur langue maternelle, c'est comme si vous leur injectiez une piqure, la réaction est instantanée. » Au milieu des années 90, la répression contre les militants du Mosop est telle que Bobjay Arwanen fui le Nigeria. Il se retrouve au Bénin. Sans rien. Et surtout sans statut de réfugié. Il survit quelques années dans un camp informel. Puis l'appel du pays est trop fort, il est rentré à Bera  : « Je continuerai à me battre jusqu'à la dernière seconde de ma vie, jusqu'à ce que nous atteignions notre objectif. Nous voulons avoir une gouvernance saine, nous voulons contrôler nos ressources, nous voulons être souverain comme n'importe quel autre peuple. Nous sommes des êtres humains comme les autres. » Dans cette lutte pour les droits du peuple Ogoni, Bobjay a perdu son épouse, son fils ainsi que plusieurs frères. Il est convaincu que leur esprit l'accompagne et le guide au quotidien.

Retrouvez les équipes des centre Ken Saro Wiwa et Nouvelle Athènes dans une émission enregistré en direct depuis Belle île en Mer ! Au programme : de la culture, de la musique, du fun et bien sûr , un grand soleil !

In de Zwartekat podcast kijken we wekelijks met Freek de Jonge terug op zijn shows, in chronologische volgorde. Dit keer is dat de nieuwjaarsconference De Brand uit 1996. Freek vertelt over de voorstelling, de schandelijke rol van Shell in Nigeria en Ken Saro-Wiwa, de eerste keer dat hij het internet in een conference noemde en hoe dat medium zich sindsdien in zijn ogen heeft ontwikkeld. En over zijn eigen 06-lijn. De aanleiding is dat De Jonge zijn complete solo-oeuvre op Youtube aan het plaatsen is. Hij maakte tientallen grote shows, oudejaars- en nieuwjaarsconferences, verkiezingsconferences en gelegenheidsvoorstellingen. Het overgrote deel daarvan is vastgelegd en komt op zijn Youtube-kanaal. Voor de link naar de voorstelling en shownotes, zie Zwartekat.nl/podcast Music: www.bensound.com Meer weten over Zwartekat? Check Zwartekat.nl

A Poem A Day by Sudhanva Deshpande.Read on July 16, 2020.Art by Virkein Dhar.Signature tune by M.D. Pallavi.

L'archive 27 - l'affaire Bygmalion L'archive explique comment les comptes de campagne du candidat à sa réélection Nicolas Sarkozy furent truqués afin de faire payer les dépenses par l'UMP. Une affaire emblématique de malversations. -- N'hésitez pas à partager avec votre entourage par e-mail, WhatsApp et réseaux sociaux les épisodes qui vous intéressent afin de faire vivre la chaîne -- Cette archive parle du lanceur d'alerte avant l'heure Ken Saro-Wiwa, qui dénonçait la main mise par Shell sur le pétrole Nigerian. L'archive parle de son exécution par pendaison et de l'aide logistique et financière apportée par Shell, dans l'effort de répression du peuple Ogoni (que Saro-Wiwa reprsentait) au gouvernement militaire nigérian des années 90. La chaine YVB podcast a pour émission principale "Archives par YVB" qui consiste à vous résumer une affaire de corruption dans un format d'environ 5 minutes. J'utilise la méthode de l'archivage pour parler d'affaires, qui concernent toutes l'intérêt général, le plus simplement possible. Je sélectionne des sujets qui me semblent capitaux à la bonne comprehension du fonctionnement de notre société. Cette chaine est indépendante et ouverte à toutes les propositions de partenariats en cohérence avec son fond et sa forme. ABONNEZ-VOUS - SOUTENEZ - PARTAGEZ De quoi parle la chaîne ? De corruption - anticorruption - intérêt général - monopoles - cartels - scandales politiques - géopolitique - lanceurs d'alerte - d'histoire moderne - conflit d'interet Cette chaine est indépendante et ouverte à toutes les propositions en cohérence avec son fond et sa forme. ABONNEZ-VOUS : Les liens: - Twitter: @YVBpodcast - Find me on Apple Podcasts - Find me on Google Podcasts - Soundcloud: @yvbpodcast ------------ Music by: Auteur: CloudKicker Titre: Night Album: Unending Year:2019 Visit: http://cloudkicker.bandcamp.com https://www.auboutdufil.com/index.php?license=CC-BY https://www.auboutdufil.com/get.php?web=https://archive.org/download/cloudkickernight/Cloudkicker_Night.mp3

Archive 26 - Shell, le gouvernement Nigerian et les 9 pendus (la répression des Ogonis) -- N'hésitez pas à partager avec votre entourage par e-mail, WhatsApp et réseaux sociaux les épisodes qui vous intéressent afin de faire vivre la chaîne -- Cette archive parle du lanceur d'alerte avant l'heure Ken Saro-Wiwa, qui dénonçait la main mise par Shell sur le pétrole Nigerian. L'archive parle de son exécution par pendaison et de l'aide logistique et financière apportée par Shell, dans l'effort de répression du peuple Ogoni (que Saro-Wiwa reprsentait) au gouvernement militaire nigérian des années 90. La chaine YVB podcast a pour émission principale "Archives par YVB" qui consiste à vous résumer une affaire de corruption dans un format d'environ 5 minutes. J'utilise la méthode de l'archivage pour parler d'affaires, qui concernent toutes l'intérêt général, le plus simplement possible. Je sélectionne des sujets qui me semblent capitaux à la bonne comprehension du fonctionnement de notre société. Cette chaine est indépendante et ouverte à toutes les propositions de partenariats en cohérence avec son fond et sa forme. ABONNEZ-VOUS - SOUTENEZ - PARTAGEZ De quoi parle la chaîne ? De corruption - anticorruption - intérêt général - monopoles - cartels - scandales politiques - géopolitique - lanceurs d'alerte - d'histoire moderne - conflit d'interet Cette chaine est indépendante et ouverte à toutes les propositions en cohérence avec son fond et sa forme. ABONNEZ-VOUS : Les liens: - Twitter: @YVBpodcast - Find me on Apple Podcasts - Find me on Google Podcasts - Soundcloud: @yvbpodcast ------------ Music by: Auteur: CloudKicker Titre: Night Album: Unending Year:2019 Visit: http://cloudkicker.bandcamp.com https://www.auboutdufil.com/index.php?license=CC-BY https://www.auboutdufil.com/get.php?web=https://archive.org/download/cloudkickernight/Cloudkicker_Night.mp3

Il 10 Novembre 1995 a Port Harcourt, in Nigeria, vengono impiccati 9 attivisti del MOSOP , il Movimento per la Sopravvivenza del Popolo Ogoni. Il primo ad essere impiccato è un poeta, oltre che uno dei leader del MOSOP. Prima di venire impiccato dice: “Signore, prendi la mia anima, ma la lotta continua”. Era uno dei maggiori intellettuali nigeriani. Si chiamava Ken Saro Wiwa. Insieme a lui vengono impiccati Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel e John Kpuine. Sono gli Ogoni Nine. Ken Saro Wiwa era già stato incarcerato nel 1992 per diversi mesi, su pressione del governo militare nigeriano. Dopo essere stato liberato, organizza con il MOSOP una manifestazione nel Gennaio 1993: vi partecipano circa 300,000 persone, più della metà della popolazione del popolo Ogoni; marciano attraverso quattro villaggi, attirando l'attenzione internazionale su questa popolazione e su quanto stanno richiedendo. Poco dopo il governo nigeriano decide di occupare militarmente la regione. Il 21 Maggio dell'anno successivo, il 1994, quattro capi Ogoni che si erano allontanati dal MOSOP e appartenevano all'ala più conservatrice, vengono brutalmente assassinati. Nonostante Ken Saro Wiwa non sia stato sul luogo del delitto nei giorni in cui i quattro vengono assassinati, viene arrestato con l'accusa di istigazione all'omicidio. Resta in carcere più di un anno, in quella cella scrive una delle sue poesie più famose, “La vera prigione”: Ken Saro Wiwa, La vera prigioneNon è il tetto che perde non sono nemmeno le zanzare che ronzano nell'umida, misera cella. Non è il rumore metallico della chiave mentre il secondino ti chiude dentro. Non sono le meschine razioni insufficienti per uomo o besta neanche il nulla del giorno che sprofonda nel vuoto della notte. Non è. Non è. Non è. Sono le bugie che ti hanno martellato le orecchie per un'intera generazione. È il poliziotto che corre all'impazzata in un raptus omicida mentre esegue a sangue freddo ordini sanguinari in cambio di un misero pasto al giorno, il magistrato che scrive sul suo libro la punizione, lei lo sa, è ingiusta. La decrepitezza morale l'inettitudine mentale che concede alla dittatura una falsa legittimazione la vigliaccheria travestita da obbedienza in agguato nelle nostre anime denigrate. È la paura di calzoni inumiditi, non osiamo eliminare la nostra urina. È questo. È questo. È questo amico mio, è questo che trasforma il nostro mondo libero in una cupa prigione. Nel 1990, Saro-Wiwa inizia a dedicare la maggior parte del suo tempo ai diritti umani e alle cause ambientali, in particolare a Ogoniland. Nel Delta del Niger c'è il petrolio, e molte compagnie petrolifere europee e statunitensi lo estraggono causando diversi disastri ambientali e costringono militarmente il Popolo Ogoni, che da sempre abitava quel territorio, a emigrare. È uno dei fondatori del Movimento per la sopravvivenza del popolo Ogoni (MOSOP), che sosteneva i diritti del popolo Ogoni, che chiedeva una maggiore autonomia, la riparazione dei danni ambientali alle terre Ogoni e una percentuale sui proventi dati dall'estrazione del petrolio. In particolare, il nemico del MOSOP è la Dutch Royal Shell, nel Delta del Niger dal 1958. Fronte Unico, L'ultimo respiro fa da testamentoSe un ribelle spento passa il testimone, siamo pronti a prenderlo?

Peter Tabuns, Mark Johnston and Face2Face host David Peck talk about politics, the art of conversation, logic and passion, hydro rates, climate change and the environment and finding common ground. For more info about the series head here. Synopsis: Many politicians, from all levels of government, will admit that they never have time to sit down and meet one-on-one. Wouldn’t it be great if they had the opportunity to explore each other’s personal perspectives, motivations, histories and hopes for the future, while at the same time immersing themselves in an issue they disagree on? Political Blind Date is not just playing matchmaker for fun. In an age of polarizing partisan politics, public distrust, “fake news” and questionable behavior, it’s worth the effort to get politicians to connect on a human level, to see if they can make unexpected alliances over issues they disagree on - and who knows, maybe even work together for common good!A typical date starts out with an opportunity to get to know each other before heading out to explore the issue of the day. Sharing a coffee together for the first time, they get to know something about why each of them got into politics, their family history, some of their personal interests and their connection to the issue. Just like any date, finding out about another person humanizes them, not just for the each other, but for the audience as well. They then go out to explore each other’s point of view – each having a full day to bring their perspective and viewpoints to life.This works on the fairest terms. Each participant chooses where they will take the other and keeps it a secret. By spending a day discovering the places and people associated with important issues, politicians who stand on opposing sides of an issue get to know someone they wouldn’t otherwise choose to spend time with. The series has a healthy dose of light-hearted fun in between the heated exchanges, as our participants get to know each other. As in “real” life, it is much harder to stick to an entrenched position when you get to know the person on the other “side”!About the Guests: Peter Tabuns has been the Toronto-Danforth MPP for over decade, winning re-elections four times Peter has been at the forefront of change and new ideas. He is currently the Ontario New Democrat’s critic for Climate Crisis and Energy. Informed by his former roles as Greenpeace Canada’s Executive Director, and later Jack Layton's climate change advisor. Peter continues to push for Ontario to lead in meeting international climate goals. Peter also served seven years as a City Councillor in Toronto where among other positions he chaired the Board of Health.Mark Johnston is the founder of Nomad Films. More than thirty years in the documentary business, Mark has worked in a producer or director capacity on over sixty films. Mark has more recently begun producing dramatic films, beginning with Act of Dishonour. Upcoming dramas include In the Shadow of a Saint (with Djimon Hounsou playing the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa).He began his television career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s nightly newscast, The National. He was one of the first team members on Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, a massive ten-hour PBS/BBC/Global Television documentary series filmed in fifteen countries around the world. Most recently Mark Executive Produced TVO Original Much Too Young, a documentary for TVO and Knowledge Network about the teen and young adult children of parents with young onset Alzheimer’s. Mark has worked for partners as diverse as the BBC, ARTE France, Discovery, National Geographic, PBS, the CBC, as well as a plethora of other media outlets. Image Copyright: Nomad Films and TVO. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Battle Bus" was a sculpture made by Sokari Douglas Camp in memory of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other activists who were controversially executed in 1995. The sculpture was seized and impounded by Nigerian port authorities in 2015 when the art work was shipped to Nigeria. Sokari Douglas Camp talks to Rebecca Kesby about growing up in the Niger Delta and how it's shaped her art work. PHOTO: "Battle Bus" by Sokari Douglas Camp on show in London in 2015 (Sam Roberts Photography).

24 years ago, following a hasty and flawed trial, Nigeria executed Ken Saro Wiwa and 8 others. Here are two things for Christians to keep in mind as the years roll on. Please listen here: November 12 2019

Lucas talks to Joyfrida Anindo about what it was like growing up in Kenya and whether or not she had a pet giraffe. What it was like becoming a parent and inevitably becoming like your parents! Living and learning with volunteers from around the world, and navigating the cultural waters. We also discuss Black Panther and whether DC or Marvel is better. Guest Plugs * Joy Anindo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoyJoyancel * Joy Anindo on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joyjoyancel/ * Joy Anindo on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/joyjoyancel * Joy Anindo Poetry and Short Stories - http://joywrite.wordpress.com Show Notes * Black Panther - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/ * Serve with Mennonite Central Committee - https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - https://www.chimamanda.com/ * The Danger of a Single Story: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamandaadichiethedangerofasinglestory * Chinua Achebe - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8051.ChinuaAchebe * Binyavanga Wainaina - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/681372.BinyavangaWainaina * How Not to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina - https://youtu.be/c-jSQD5FVxE * Planet Binya has an incredible collection of writing, audio and video of Binyavanga Wainaina - https://planetbinya.org/ * Ngugi Wathiogo - https://ngugiwathiongo.com/ * Ken Saro-Wiwa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KenSaro-Wiwa * Meja Mwangi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meja_Mwangi * Red Nile: A Biography of the World’s Greatest River by Robert Twigger - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613764-red-nile Support the Podcast – https://www.patreon.com/wdtatpodcast Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/wdtatpodcast Email your feedback to wdtatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us: Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/wdtatpodcast Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/wdtatpodcast/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/wdtatpodcast Special Guest: Joyfrida Anindo.

$267 million has been seized from bank accounts in the island of Jersey. It belonged to the son of General Sani Abacha, the military leader who ruled Nigeria with an iron fist from 1993 until 1998. Abacha embezzled $5 billion from his country, and stashed it in bank accounts throughout Europe and America. We ask how he was able to get away with it, and speak to the daughter of legendary Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed under Abacha’s regime.

Increasing World Climate Ambition / Moving the Paris Climate Deal Ahead / Beyond the Headlines / Bringing Back Butternut Trees / Rating the Climate Promises of 2020 Prexy Candidates / Seeking Justice for the Ogoni Nine / BirdNote®: Brewer's Sparrow, Sageland Singer Polls show climate change is a rising concern for Democratic voters looking towards the 2020 presidential election. Greenpeace has a scorecard for each candidate based on commitments to a Green New Deal and phasing out fossil fuels. Also, many of the 2,000 delegates from 185 nations at UN Climate session in Germany are seeking to raise the ambition of nations in the Paris Climate Agreement, in hopes of limiting planetary warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. And Ogoni Nine widow Esther Kiobel is one step closer to justice in her battle against Royal Dutch Shell. She has pursued the oil giant for nearly 25 years, since the Nigerian government executed her husband in 1995 on trumped up charges, allegedly encouraged by Shell. Ms. Kiobel's husband was part of a group known as the Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa which fought against Shell for environmental and economic damages to their homeland near the Niger River Delta. Now Ms. Kiobel will finally have her case heard in a Dutch case in her bid for reparations and the clearing of her husband's name. Seeking justice for the Ogoni Nine and more, in this episode of Living on Earth from PRI.

Increasing World Climate Ambition / Moving the Paris Climate Deal Ahead / Beyond the Headlines / Bringing Back Butternut Trees / Rating the Climate Promises of 2020 Prexy Candidates / Seeking Justice for the Ogoni Nine / BirdNote®: Brewer's Sparrow, Sageland Singer Polls show climate change is a rising concern for Democratic voters looking towards the 2020 presidential election. Greenpeace has a scorecard for each candidate based on commitments to a Green New Deal and phasing out fossil fuels. Also, many of the 2,000 delegates from 185 nations at UN Climate session in Germany are seeking to raise the ambition of nations in the Paris Climate Agreement, in hopes of limiting planetary warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. And Ogoni Nine widow Esther Kiobel is one step closer to justice in her battle against Royal Dutch Shell. She has pursued the oil giant for nearly 25 years, since the Nigerian government executed her husband in 1995 on trumped up charges, allegedly encouraged by Shell. Ms. Kiobel's husband was part of a group known as the Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa which fought against Shell for environmental and economic damages to their homeland near the Niger River Delta. Now Ms. Kiobel will finally have her case heard in a Dutch case in her bid for reparations and the clearing of her husband's name. Seeking justice for the Ogoni Nine and more, in this episode of Living on Earth from PRI.

Increasing World Climate Ambition / Moving the Paris Climate Deal Ahead / Beyond the Headlines / Bringing Back Butternut Trees / Rating the Climate Promises of 2020 Prexy Candidates / Seeking Justice for the Ogoni Nine / BirdNote®: Brewer's Sparrow, Sageland Singer Polls show climate change is a rising concern for Democratic voters looking towards the 2020 presidential election. Greenpeace has a scorecard for each candidate based on commitments to a Green New Deal and phasing out fossil fuels. Also, many of the 2,000 delegates from 185 nations at UN Climate session in Germany are seeking to raise the ambition of nations in the Paris Climate Agreement, in hopes of limiting planetary warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. And Ogoni Nine widow Esther Kiobel is one step closer to justice in her battle against Royal Dutch Shell. She has pursued the oil giant for nearly 25 years, since the Nigerian government executed her husband in 1995 on trumped up charges, allegedly encouraged by Shell. Ms. Kiobel's husband was part of a group known as the Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa which fought against Shell for environmental and economic damages to their homeland near the Niger River Delta. Now Ms. Kiobel will finally have her case heard in a Dutch case in her bid for reparations and the clearing of her husband's name. Seeking justice for the Ogoni Nine and more, in this episode of Living on Earth from PRI.

Increasing World Climate Ambition / Moving the Paris Climate Deal Ahead / Beyond the Headlines / Bringing Back Butternut Trees / Rating the Climate Promises of 2020 Prexy Candidates / Seeking Justice for the Ogoni Nine / BirdNote®: Brewer's Sparrow, Sageland Singer Polls show climate change is a rising concern for Democratic voters looking towards the 2020 presidential election. Greenpeace has a scorecard for each candidate based on commitments to a Green New Deal and phasing out fossil fuels. Also, many of the 2,000 delegates from 185 nations at UN Climate session in Germany are seeking to raise the ambition of nations in the Paris Climate Agreement, in hopes of limiting planetary warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. And Ogoni Nine widow Esther Kiobel is one step closer to justice in her battle against Royal Dutch Shell. She has pursued the oil giant for nearly 25 years, since the Nigerian government executed her husband in 1995 on trumped up charges, allegedly encouraged by Shell. Ms. Kiobel's husband was part of a group known as the Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa which fought against Shell for environmental and economic damages to their homeland near the Niger River Delta. Now Ms. Kiobel will finally have her case heard in a Dutch case in her bid for reparations and the clearing of her husband's name. Seeking justice for the Ogoni Nine and more, in this episode of Living on Earth from PRI.

1-Diritti Umani, in Olanda inizia una causa civile contro la Shell per il ruolo svolto nell'impiccagione di 9 militanti Ogoni tra cui il poeta Ken Saro Wiwa. ..La multinazionale è stata denunciata da 4 donne nigeriane che avevano perso i mariti. ..( Raffaele Masto) ..2-Spagna. l'indipendentismo catalano a processo. ..( Giulio Maria Piantadosi) ..3-Stati Uniti: raggiunto al congresso un compromesso per evitare un nuovo Shutdown. ..L'accordo prevede 1,3 miliardi di dollari per realizzare delle barriere al confine con il Messico. ..Donald Trump pretendeva 5,7 miliardi di dollari. ( Roberto Festa) ..5-Guadalajara 7 giugno 1970: il giorno in cui il portiere Gordon Banks è diventato una legenda. Addio al campione inglese , autore della parata del secolo. ( Daniele Fisichella)..6- Allevamenti intensivi finanziati con i fondi europei. Secondo il rapporto denuncia di Greenpeace Il 70% dei campi nell'Ue è per nutrire il bestiame. ( Federica Ferrario Greenpeace) ..7-Terre agricole: “ il miglior offerente si prende tutto “ Ricecatori dell'università di Oakland ac cusa la bancva mondiale di incoraggiare il land grabbing. ( Marta Gatti)

1-Diritti Umani, in Olanda inizia una causa civile contro la Shell per il ruolo svolto nell’impiccagione di 9 militanti Ogoni tra cui il poeta Ken Saro Wiwa. ..La multinazionale è stata denunciata da 4 donne nigeriane che avevano perso i mariti. ..( Raffaele Masto) ..2-Spagna. l’indipendentismo catalano a processo. ..( Giulio Maria Piantadosi) ..3-Stati Uniti: raggiunto al congresso un compromesso per evitare un nuovo Shutdown. ..L'accordo prevede 1,3 miliardi di dollari per realizzare delle barriere al confine con il Messico. ..Donald Trump pretendeva 5,7 miliardi di dollari. ( Roberto Festa) ..5-Guadalajara 7 giugno 1970: il giorno in cui il portiere Gordon Banks è diventato una legenda. Addio al campione inglese , autore della parata del secolo. ( Daniele Fisichella)..6- Allevamenti intensivi finanziati con i fondi europei. Secondo il rapporto denuncia di Greenpeace Il 70% dei campi nell'Ue è per nutrire il bestiame. ( Federica Ferrario Greenpeace) ..7-Terre agricole: “ il miglior offerente si prende tutto “ Ricecatori dell’università di Oakland ac cusa la bancva mondiale di incoraggiare il land grabbing. ( Marta Gatti)

1-Diritti Umani, in Olanda inizia una causa civile contro la Shell per il ruolo svolto nell’impiccagione di 9 militanti Ogoni tra cui il poeta Ken Saro Wiwa. ..La multinazionale è stata denunciata da 4 donne nigeriane che avevano perso i mariti. ..( Raffaele Masto) ..2-Spagna. l’indipendentismo catalano a processo. ..( Giulio Maria Piantadosi) ..3-Stati Uniti: raggiunto al congresso un compromesso per evitare un nuovo Shutdown. ..L'accordo prevede 1,3 miliardi di dollari per realizzare delle barriere al confine con il Messico. ..Donald Trump pretendeva 5,7 miliardi di dollari. ( Roberto Festa) ..5-Guadalajara 7 giugno 1970: il giorno in cui il portiere Gordon Banks è diventato una legenda. Addio al campione inglese , autore della parata del secolo. ( Daniele Fisichella)..6- Allevamenti intensivi finanziati con i fondi europei. Secondo il rapporto denuncia di Greenpeace Il 70% dei campi nell'Ue è per nutrire il bestiame. ( Federica Ferrario Greenpeace) ..7-Terre agricole: “ il miglior offerente si prende tutto “ Ricecatori dell’università di Oakland ac cusa la bancva mondiale di incoraggiare il land grabbing. ( Marta Gatti)

The oil company Shell is accused of the killing of innocent people. According to Amnesty International, the firm's executives encouraged a brutal crackdown to silence protesters in the Nigerian region of Ogoniland. During the 1990s protesters campaigned to protect their homeland. But according to leaked Shell documents, the company was pushing the military to end the demonstrations. Several activists were allegedly raped, tortured and executed, including author Ken Saro Wiwa.

Tracce d'Africa Svegliarsi dopo 37 anni di Mugabe. Ken Saro Wiwa, attivista e scrittore nigeriano. Il compleanno della svizzera Tina Turner. Vi sentite confusi? Siete su Nero su Bianco. La situazione in Zimbabwe, ovvero svegliarsi dopo 37 anni di Mugabe. Tutto quello che dovete sapere su Ken Saro Wiwa, attivista e scrittore nigeriano. Il compleanno della svizzera Tina Turner. Vi sentite confusi? Siete su Nero su Bianco. nero_su_bianco_2X7_podcast.mp3

1- La globalizzazione è irreversibile ma deve essere più equa “ il messaggio del presidente cinese xi Jinping alla conferenza Asia Pacifico che si tiene in vietnam ..2-29 marzo 2019 alle ore 23: Theresa May promette di fissare per legge la data della Brexit. Ma Bruxelles le dà due settimane per fissare il costo del divorzio. ..3-Nigeria. 22 anni fa l'impiccagione del poeta Ken Saro Wiwa. Fu ..condannato a morte per le sue battaglie contro le multinazionali del petrolio. ( Raffaele Masto) ..4- Zucchero amaro. Ecco perché i cittadini dell'unione europea pagano il doppio del prezzo internazionale. ..( Alfredo Somoza) ..5- Razzismo di Stato: il giornalista israeliano david sheen denuncia lo strettissimo legame tra il governo netanyahu e gruppi estremisti. L'intervista di Bianca Senatore. ..6-Il genocidio degli Yazidi. Nel Libro di Simone Zoppellaro ) ..storia e la cultura di un'antica minoranza religiosa e i crimini compiuti contro di loro.( Sara Milanese) ..7-Mondiali di Calcio: dal Perù alla Svezia, il punto sui playoff...( Daniele Fisichella )

Nigeria hangs human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Kenule “Ken” Saro-Wiwa was born on October 10, 1941 in Bori, Nigeria, a member of the Ogoni ethnic minority. The homelands of the Ogoni are in the Niger Delta, where oil extraction has negatively impacted the environment. As an adult, Saro-Wiwa became a successful businessman who in time turned his attention to writing novels and producing television programs – both to high acclaim. However, his political and environmental involvement caught the attention of Nigeria’s military government. In 1990, Saro-Wiwa founded MOSOP, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, through which he and other supporters pressed the government to address the environmental damage from oil companies Shell and British Petroleum. In May 1994, the government arrested Saro-Wiwa, later sentencing him to death for the alleged murders of four Ogoni elders. Leaders from around the globe urged Nigeria’s government to grant clemency for what everyone knew to be trumped-up convictions. Despite world attention, however, Saro-Wiwa and eight other dissidents were executed on November 10, 1995. International response was swift; the Commonwealth suspended Nigeria and the European Union imposed sanctions. Despite UN resolutions to revisit the trial, the Nigerian government has not budged and Saro-Wiwa is still a convicted murderer. On the tenth anniversary of his hanging, at least 28 countries took place in commemorating Saro-Wiwa and the other eight victims. A year later a Living Memorial was unveiled by Saro-Wiwa’s son in London, England. Nigerian artist Sokari Douglas Camp sculpted an enormous silver steel bus which toured England in 2006. Douglas Camp said she was “trying to convey a bit of Nigerian spirit which laughs at itself all the time.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

KEN SARO-WIWA raccontato da Daniele Scaglione

1- La globalizzazione è irreversibile ma deve essere più equa “ il messaggio del presidente cinese xi Jinping alla conferenza Asia Pacifico che si tiene in vietnam ..2-29 marzo 2019 alle ore 23: Theresa May promette di fissare per legge la data della Brexit. Ma Bruxelles le dà due settimane per fissare il costo del divorzio. ..3-Nigeria. 22 anni fa l’impiccagione del poeta Ken Saro Wiwa. Fu ..condannato a morte per le sue battaglie contro le multinazionali del petrolio. ( Raffaele Masto) ..4- Zucchero amaro. Ecco perché i cittadini dell’unione europea pagano il doppio del prezzo internazionale. ..( Alfredo Somoza) ..5- Razzismo di Stato: il giornalista israeliano david sheen denuncia lo strettissimo legame tra il governo netanyahu e gruppi estremisti. L’intervista di Bianca Senatore. ..6-Il genocidio degli Yazidi. Nel Libro di Simone Zoppellaro ) ..storia e la cultura di un’antica minoranza religiosa e i crimini compiuti contro di loro.( Sara Milanese) ..7-Mondiali di Calcio: dal Perù alla Svezia, il punto sui playoff...( Daniele Fisichella )

1- La globalizzazione è irreversibile ma deve essere più equa “ il messaggio del presidente cinese xi Jinping alla conferenza Asia Pacifico che si tiene in vietnam ..2-29 marzo 2019 alle ore 23: Theresa May promette di fissare per legge la data della Brexit. Ma Bruxelles le dà due settimane per fissare il costo del divorzio. ..3-Nigeria. 22 anni fa l’impiccagione del poeta Ken Saro Wiwa. Fu ..condannato a morte per le sue battaglie contro le multinazionali del petrolio. ( Raffaele Masto) ..4- Zucchero amaro. Ecco perché i cittadini dell’unione europea pagano il doppio del prezzo internazionale. ..( Alfredo Somoza) ..5- Razzismo di Stato: il giornalista israeliano david sheen denuncia lo strettissimo legame tra il governo netanyahu e gruppi estremisti. L’intervista di Bianca Senatore. ..6-Il genocidio degli Yazidi. Nel Libro di Simone Zoppellaro ) ..storia e la cultura di un’antica minoranza religiosa e i crimini compiuti contro di loro.( Sara Milanese) ..7-Mondiali di Calcio: dal Perù alla Svezia, il punto sui playoff...( Daniele Fisichella )

Growing up with a name that has resonance around the world - and a father with a towering reputation. That's been the experience of Samia Nkrumah and Noo Saro-Wiwa. We'll hear about the pride and burdens they carry with them, and how their fathers' untimely deaths have shaped their lives. Samia Nkrumah is the daughter of Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah - the man who led his country to independence in 1957, and became an international symbol of freedom as the leader of the first African country to shake off the chains of colonial rule. Samia was just 11 at the time of her father's death, and hadn't seen him for six years, after the family were separated following his overthrow. Still, Samia decided to follow her father into politics and currently chairs the Convention People's Party, a political party in Ghana founded by her father. Noo Saro-Wiwa is the daughter of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian writer and environmental activist who was killed in 1995 after leading peaceful protests against the oil industry in his home region of Ogoniland. Noo was a 19-year-old student at the time of his death. She went on to become a journalist and author based in the UK - she has written an account of her own journey around Nigeria called 'Looking for Transwonderland'. Image: Samia Nkrumah (credit: Samia Nkrumah) (l) and NooSaro-Wiwa (credit: Michael Wharley) (r)

In this episode, Zibby talks about the Chibok girls who have regained their freedom. She also talks about Ken Saro Wiwa and his fight for human and environmental rights for his people, the Ogoni region of Rivers state. King Sunny Ade makes an appearance as a vital topic on Naija 101 - where you can learn about Nigeria. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is mentioned as she has been signed up to face of Boots No 7 range. Nigerian journalists are also mentioned with their contribution to society.Brought to you by Wetin Dey UK.

In this episode, Zibby talks about the Chibok girls who have regained their freedom. She also talks about Ken Saro Wiwa and his fight for human and environmental rights for his people, the Ogoni region of Rivers state. King Sunny Ade makes an appearance as a vital topic on Naija 101 - where you can learn about Nigeria. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is mentioned as she has been signed up to face of Boots No 7 range. Nigerian journalists are also mentioned with their contribution to society.Brought to you by Wetin Dey UK.

Articles and discussion on news items from GreenLeft Weekly and interview.Australian NewsMassive Melbourne climate march kicks off global actions. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60746Hutchison workers to vote on new agreement. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60639International NewsClimate change: 'We are running out of time'. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60721Beirut and Paris: Two terror attacks with different tales. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60665Burma: National League for Democracy wins historic vote for change. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60626Nigeria: Enemy of Big Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa showed power of resistance. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60736InterviewInterview by Zane Alcorn with Angus McAllen from Resistance Youth Socialist Alliance (RYSA), on the upcoming Radical Ideas Conference in Sydney.

Nnimmo Bassey is a renowned Nigerian poet, architect and environmental activist. He has been the chair of Friends of the Earth Internatoinal and executive director of Environmental Rights Action.

If Nigeria's Dead were Oil Profits The UN has called on Nigeria to restore law and order in the northeast and investigate mass killings alleged, to have been carried, out in the past few weeks by the militant group, Boko Haram. Boko Haram's the same lot that last spring kidnapped 276 girls, most of whom have never been recovered. This January, while world attention was focused on the killings in Paris, Boko Haram waged an assault on two northern towns. Satellite imagery 'before and after' shows the town of Bega and its neighbor razed to the ground. The Nigerian government says 150, human rights groups say more than ten times that many were slaughtered. The exact numbers are hard to confirm. But one thing's pretty certain: if what's been dismissed as a religious squabble in the north was taking place in oil pipeline territory in the south, neither the government in Ajuba, nor the world's most powerful nations, would be watching the violence escalate. Black lives don't matter as much as white to the West, that's clear. But everywhere #profitsmattermost. Western media stereotypes notwithstanding, Nigeria's not some tin-pot state. The largest economy on the continent, a founding member of OPEC, one of the world's leading oil producers, it's not the government that's poor, only the vast majority of its people. Nigeria's seen billions of oil dollars flow through it, the lion's share to corporations including Chevron, Exxon and Shell, but the oil giants have kicked back plenty to Nigerian leaders, elected and not, in exchange for protection. The military's annual budget exceeds $6bn, and they've never been reluctant to use it to protect pipelines. The price of "security" has been paid in human life. In the mid 1990s when demonstrations by the people of Ogoniland threatened to shut down oil production, much of the Niger Delta was put under military occupation and "maintaining law and order" led to the killing of leading Ogoni activists including Ken Saro Wiwa. When a Chevron platform was occupied by youths, the company even provided its own helicopter to fly the armed forces in where they shot two unarmed protestors dead. Nigerians are going to the polls in mid February. President Goodluck Jonathan may be replaced. But it's the wealth that needs shifting, not just the politicians in Nigeria. More oil money going to taxes, and things the Ogoni activists were demanding, like schools, clean water and healthcare, might have produced more democracy and less corruption, and perhaps less of that military budget would be ending up in generals' pockets. And who knows? If poverty was a bit less dire and popular discontent a bit less severe, Nigeria just might be less fertile territory for misogynist maniacs promising power and vengeance. Would the West care more if Nigerians were white? No doubt. But one thing's for sure, if you could make money from school girls, the most powerful people in the world would be all over this. Watch my interview with Patrick Cockburn about the perils of the West's reaction to the Paris killings at GRITtv.org and watch The Laura Flanders Show, 9 pm Fridays on LINKtv. Write to me: laura@GRITtv.org.

In November 1995, Nigeria's military government provoked international outrage when it executed the writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and eight other activists from Ogoniland in the oil rich Niger Delta. (Photo: Ken Saro Wiwa at a rally in Ogoniland. Credit: Greenpeace)

Dr Owens Wiwa reads two poems written by Ken Saro-Wiwa “Ogoni! Ogoni! and “For Sister Majella McCarron”

Dr Owens Wiwa speaks about growing up in Ogoni and his close relationship with his brother Ken Saro-Wiwa

Dr Owens Wiwa speaks about his efforts to save the his brother’s life, the symbolic funeral and his efforts to promote peace and wellbeing in Nigeria

Sister Majella McCarron - Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Image: Ken’s cap, MOSOP flag and letter

Sister Majella McCarron - Trial and Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Sister Majella McCarron - Irish Efforts to Save the Ogoni Nine Image: Selection of letters and poems with image of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Sister Majella McCarron - Meeting Ken Saro-Wiwa

Helen Fallon - The Ken Saro-Wiwa Archive at NUI Maynooth

Dr. Ide Corley - Ken Saro-Wiwa and African Literature

This week Libby Purves is joined by guests Winnie and Frank Tovey, Simon Russell Beale, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Anne Wallace. Winnie and Frank Tovey spent sixteen years in the fifties and sixties in India where Frank was a medical missionary. They were active in providing clinics to cure leprosy, surgery and physiotherapy to restore function and treat deformity and have written about their experiences in the book 'Cor Blimey! Where 'ave you come from?, published by Little Knoll Press. Simon Russell-Beale is the acclaimed stage and screen actor who has played every major Shakespearean and classical drama lead over the last twenty years. He is currently playing Stalin in the National Theatre production of 'Collaborators' by John Hodge. He can also be seen in the films Deep Blue Sea and My Week With Marilyn. Noo Saro-Wiwa is a travel writer and daughter of the political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was murdered in Nigeria in 1995. She was brought up in the UK but used to hate visiting Nigeria every year on holiday as a child. In her book 'Looking for Transwonderland', she describes her own journey back, ten years after his death. Looking for Transwonderland is published by Granta. Anne Wallace has worked in the fish and chip shop business in Stockport for the last forty-five years. She recently won a NatWest Everywoman Gaia Award for Enterprise. When the recession hit and neighbouring shops closed down, she bought the shop next door and opened it as a coffee shop, Startpoint, where they offer everything from providing IT skills to the elderly, to courses in Tai Chi and crochet. Producer: Annette Wells.

Ken Wiwa, son of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, talks to Allan Gregg about his difficult relationship with his father. Ken Wiwa writes about it in his book, "In the Shadow of a Saint." (Original broadcast Feb 2001)

Ken Wiwa, son of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, talks to Allan Gregg about his difficult relationship with his father. Ken Wiwa writes about it in his book, "In the Shadow of a Saint." (Original broadcast Feb 2001)

Join Andrew Dickson as he explores the story behind an unusual memorial to activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed by the Nigerian government 11 years ago today.

Ten Year Anniversary of the Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa Nigerian environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, was executed by his government on November 10, 1995. Saro-wiwa raised international awareness of environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria caused by oil extraction. Terra Verde will look at developments over the ten years since Saro-Wiwa's death, including a landmark case against Chevron working its way through the California courts, brought by plaintiffs from the Niger Delta. The post Terra Verde – November 11, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.

Melvyn Bragg examines how two writers' work have been shaped by political oppression and explores whether writers have a political role in modern society. The connection between writers and politics has its roots in classical times, but in the 20th century the writer has been called on as the witness with increasing frequency and intensity. And many times the price of articulation has been severe. In the century in which saw the execution of writers such as Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria in 1995, and a fatwa imposed on Salman Rushdie, Melvyn Bragg talks to two writers who between them experienced exile, censorship and the manipulation of authoritarian states - Ariel Dorfman from South America and Nadine Gordimer, the Nobel Prize winner from South Africa, to discuss the writing of fiction and political oppression. What, if any, is the writer's political role in our world today?With Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist; Ariel Dorfman, South American journalist, scholar and author of Death and the Maiden.

Melvyn Bragg examines how two writers’ work have been shaped by political oppression and explores whether writers have a political role in modern society. The connection between writers and politics has its roots in classical times, but in the 20th century the writer has been called on as the witness with increasing frequency and intensity. And many times the price of articulation has been severe. In the century in which saw the execution of writers such as Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria in 1995, and a fatwa imposed on Salman Rushdie, Melvyn Bragg talks to two writers who between them experienced exile, censorship and the manipulation of authoritarian states - Ariel Dorfman from South America and Nadine Gordimer, the Nobel Prize winner from South Africa, to discuss the writing of fiction and political oppression. What, if any, is the writer’s political role in our world today?With Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist; Ariel Dorfman, South American journalist, scholar and author of Death and the Maiden.