Ken Saro-Wiwa. Toyin Falola

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      Ken Saro-Wiwa

       OHIO SHORT HISTORIES OF AFRICA

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       Ken Saro-Wiwa

      by Roy Doron and Toyin Falola

      Ken Saro-Wiwa

      Roy Doron and Toyin Falola

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Doron, Roy, author. | Falola, Toyin, author.

      Title: Ken Saro-Wiwa / Roy Doron and Toyin Falola.

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016. | Series: Ohio short histories of Africa | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016004173| ISBN 9780821422014 (paperback) | ISBN 9780821445501 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Saro-Wiwa, Ken, 1941– | Authors, Nigerian—20th century—Biography. | Political activists—Nigeria—Biography. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food. | LITERARY COLLECTIONS / African.

      Classification: LCC PR9387.9.S27 Z64 2016 | DDC 823/.914 [B]—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016004173

       Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Preface

       Introduction

       1. Nigeria and Saro-Wiwa’s World to 1960

       2. Saro-Wiwa’s Childhood and Education

       3. The Nigerian Civil War Years

       4. Business, Writing, and Politics

       5. Activism and the Politics of Oil, the Environment, and Genocide

       6. MOSOP, the Ogoni Bill of Rights, and Saro-Wiwa’s Activism

       7. The Trials and Death of Saro-Wiwa

       8. The Many Legacies of Ken Saro-Wiwa

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