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Ken Wiwa and the death of the father.
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Mosaic (Winnipeg)
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March 1, 2008
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In 1995, the Nigerian government executed nine men who subsequently became known as the Ogoni Nine, occasioning expressions of outrage that collated around the name and face of the writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. This essay examines the efforts of his son, Ken Wiwa, to reclaim the space of personal mourning amidst the political mobilization of his father's life.
I was conscious that there were many more experienced and more
knowledgeable Nigerians in exile, yet I was the name and the face that
the world's media came to for analysis of the situation there. Was I
going to remain in exile forever, adrift from home and the rest of my
family? Was I going to spend the ...
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