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When Citizens Revolt

Nigerian Elites, Big Oil and the Ogoni Struggle for Self-determination

ISBN-13: 9781592213825

Contributor(s): Ike Okonta

Subjects: Politics & Government

Publisher: Africa World Press

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 27-11-2008

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£29.95

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About the book

In 1995 the Nigerian military regime under General Sani Abacha hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa, the writer and minority rights activist, with eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, after a judicially flawed trial. The hangings were a critical event, both for the Nigerian junta and for Royal Dutch/Shell, the major international oil company operating in the Niger delta. Okonta re-examines the evidence concerning the Ogoni struggle for self-determination and raises questions about its origins and implications as a case study of politics in post-colonial Africa.

When Citizens Revolt

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