Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995)
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, teacher, television producer, and social rights activist.
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- Profession
- Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995)
- Born
- 1941-10-10
Overview
Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, teacher, television producer, and social rights activist. He was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in the Niger Delta whose homeland, Ogoniland, has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping.
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