WHEN CITIZENS REVOLT: NIGERIAN ELITES, BIG OIL AND THE OGONI STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION Peace Studies and Fantasia Barrino

and Fantasia Barrino

ISBN-13 : 9781594485398

"This selection of Neruda's poetry

Illustrated edition (December 5

WHEN CITIZENS REVOLT: NIGERIAN ELITES, BIG OIL AND THE OGONI STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION Peace Studies and Fantasia BarrinoOn 10 November 1995, the Nigerian military regime, under General Sani Abacha, hanged Ken Saro Wiwa, the writer and minority rights activist, and eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) after a judicially flawed trail. The hangings were a critical event for the Nigerian junta and for Royal Dutch Shell, the major international oil company operating in Nigerias Niger delta, which played a key role in shaping the Ogoni