Abacha's Offer
Why did Ken Saro-Wiwa decline Abacha’s ministerial offer? Let’s find out together. The first episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Hosted by Wale Lawal
Jan 15, 2025
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Our second season focuses on the life and legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a writer and one of nine non-violent Ogoni activists the General Sani Abacha military government brutally executed in 1995. The Ogoni are an ethnic group situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. For years, they have suffered pollution and environmental degradation stemming from crude oil extraction on their land. Saro-Wiwa's protests against oil companies such as Shell, including his leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), frustrated the Abacha government, which relied heavily on oil exports.
Hosted by Wale Lawal.
Why did Ken Saro-Wiwa decline Abacha’s ministerial offer? Let’s find out together. The first episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts.
