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

both indigenous and modern

and Fantasia Barrino

the authors draw on interviews

Paperback : 208 pages

ISBN-13 : 9781594485398

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