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| Named Person: | Ken Saro-Wiwa |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ken Saro-Wiwa; Glenn Ellis; Catma Films (Firm); Channel Four (Great Britain) |
| OCLC Number: | 51072035 |
| Credits: | Commentary, Cathy Tyson ; writer/researcher, Kay Bishop ; director/producer, Glenn Ellis. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) : col., sd. ; 1/2 in. |
| Details: | VHS. |
| Responsibility: | a Catma Films Production for Channel Four. |
Abstract:
A profile of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the celebrated Ogoni writer and political activist who was hanged in November 1995 by the Nigerian military dictatorship. Saro-Wiwa had been campaigning for the rights of Nigeria's Ogoni people, who have suffered from decades of resource exploitation by foreign oil companies and oppression by the Nigerian military government.
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