Saro-Wiwa, Ken

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Section: Poets in the News
Poet Name: Saro-Wiwa, Ken
Given Name: Ken
Last Name: Saro-Wiwa
Date of Birth: 10 October 1941
Biography: Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, activist, and television producer. A member of the Ogoni people, Saro-Wiwa served as the president of the organization Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and attempted to prevent the environmental destruction of land in his home region. In 1995, he was accused of plotting the murder of Ogoni chiefs by the military dictatorship of Nigeria at the time. He was executed in 1995. Saro-Wiwa was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for his work in environmental activism.

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Education: University of Ibadan
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Works: Africa Talks Back: Interviews with Anglophone African authors; The Ordeal of the African Writer
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Place of Birth: Nigeria, Bori
Spatial Coverage: Bori
Region: West Africa
Commentaries: Christopher Okigbo in Three British Newspaper Reports Between 1966 and 1993
Type: Poets in the News