Description:
On November 10, 1995, Nigeria’s military dictatorship
executed nine environmental activists. Among them was Ken Saro-Wiwa,
the charismatic spokesman of the Ogoni people, whose land in the
fertile Niger River delta has been grotesquely polluted by the Royal
Dutch Shell Corporation. During Ken’s incarceration, his
brother, Dr. Owens Wiwa, fought valiantly to save his life. When his
quest failed, Owens narrowly escaped Nigeria with his life, first to
London, and then to Toronto. His story is a heart-stopping saga of
personal courage and official corruption, of individual selflessness
and corporate greed.
The Politics of Bones
Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria's Oil
by J. Timothy Hunt
ISBN:
9780771041587
ISBN-10:
0771041586
Publisher:
McClelland & Stewart (Random House)
Publication Date:
2006
Format:
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Book Type:
New