A Month And A Day by Ken Saro-Wiwa
Edited version of A Detention Diary - Ken Saro-Wiwa's own record of his arrest and imprisonment in July 1993, and the history of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. This new edition has a foreword by the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. The book highlights Saro- Wiwa's ideology, his cause, his ultimate sacrifice and the injustice of his death. It also focuses on the Ogoni struggle against the multinational Shell and the Nigerian dictatorship. His story illustrates the consequences of living in a world powered by fossil fuels.Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental campaigner, and businessman who lived from October 10, 1941, until November 10, 1995. On the orders of Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, Saro-Wiwa was imprisoned in 1994. He had fought for the rights of his homeland's Ogoni people and chastised the government's oil policy with Royal Dutch/Shell. Despite widespread worldwide protests, Saro Wiwa was hung on November 10, 1995, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, after a bungled show trial with eight other Ogoni rights campaigners. A Foreword by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka appears in this new Ayebia edition of A Month And A Day & Letters.
It also contains previously unpublished letters smuggled to and from Saro-Wiwa during his final year in prison, as well as a letter from Ken Wiwa to his late father ten years later. Letters from world leaders, writers, and friends such as Nelson Mandela, Nadine Gordimer, Ethel Kennedy, Anita Roddick, and regular individuals from all around the world are among those included.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780954702359 |
| ISBN 10 | 0954702352 |
| Title | A Month And A Day |
| Author | Ken Saro-Wiwa |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-12-02 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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