Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist
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.. "The authors examine Saro-Wiwa's literary output both in terms of literary criticism and...
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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.. "The authors examine Saro-Wiwa's literary output both in terms of literary criticism and within a political framework. They give equal attention to his more public roles, including public reaction within Nigeria to his work. Booknews In a dozen essays, scholars of literature from Africa and North America explore the literary and political efforts of Saro-Wiwa (1941-95) who was executed by the Nigerian government during his fight to prevent the further exploitation of his Ogoni people by the Shell Oil Company. They begin with overviews of the political and economic situation, his place in it, and the practice of genocide in Nigeria. Then they look at the literary experiments, the public man, popular media, and seven poems. Appended are chronologies of his life and the Nigerian civil war, and an annotated bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsPt. 1The Context1Ken Saro-Wiwa, or "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger"32A Political Assessment: Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy17Pt. 2The Literary Experiments3Literary Memoirs and Diaries: Soyinka, Amadi, and Saro-Wiwa294The Poetry: Songs in a Time of War535The Short Fiction: A Forest of Flowers and Adaku and Other Stories696The Novel: Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English87Pt. 3The Public Man7Pipe Dreams: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Environmental Justice, and Microminority Rights1098"Buried Beneath Six Feet of Crude Oil": State-Sponsored Death and the Absent Body of Ken Saro-Wiwa1279Saro-Wiwa the Publisher153Pt. 4Popular Media10The Children's Series17711Dream of Sologa, Eneka, and The Supreme Commander: The Theater of Ken Saro-Wiwa201Pt. 5Epilogue12"From This Hurt to the Unquestioning World": Seven Poems from Delta Blues215Appendix 1Chronology of Ken Saro-Wiwa's Life233Appendix 2Chronology of the Nigerian Civil War237Appendix 3An Annotated Bibliography245The Contributors285Index287About the Book291
\ BooknewsIn a dozen essays, scholars of literature from Africa and North America explore the literary and political efforts of Saro-Wiwa (1941-95) who was executed by the Nigerian government during his fight to prevent the further exploitation of his Ogoni people by the Shell Oil Company. They begin with overviews of the political and economic situation, his place in it, and the practice of genocide in Nigeria. Then they look at the literary experiments, the public man, popular media, and seven poems. Appended are chronologies of his life and the Nigerian civil war, and an annotated bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
