Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political ActivistCraig W. McLuckie, Aubrey McPhail The shocking execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa at the hands of the Nigerian government in 1995 stirred new interest in the many facets of his life - as novelist and short story writer, radio and television personality, publisher and entrepreneur, political and environmental activist. This interdisciplinary collection critically assesses Saro-Wiwa's exceptional life and work from a range of fresh perspectives. |
Contents
Ken SaroWiwa or The Pacification of the Primitive | 3 |
Genocide in Nigeria | 17 |
Soyinka Amadi | 29 |
Songs in a Time of | 53 |
A Forest of Flowers and Adaku | 69 |
Sozaboy A Novel in Rotten English | 87 |
Ken SaroWiwa Environmental Justice | 109 |
StateSponsored | 127 |
SaroWiwa the Publisher | 153 |
The Childrens Series | 177 |
Chronology of Ken SaroWiwas Life | 233 |
An Annotated Bibliography | 245 |
The Contributors | 285 |
About the Book 291 | |
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