Noo Saro-Wiwa

The Burning Ground (eBook, ePUB)

Oil and Militancy in Nigeria

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For decades, the oil-rich Niger Deltaan important wetland and farming areahas seen its natural environment devastated as a result of oil extraction that has brought little economic benefit to its people. Following a nonviolent campaign for environmental and human rights, Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight colleagues were killed by the military dictatorship in 1995. Their murders sparked an armed insurgency that engaged in sabotage and oil theft in a bid for resource control.

Thirty years after Ken Saro-Wiwa's death, his daughter, Noo, charts the rise of this insurgency, how it became intertwined with politics and, in the law of unintended consequences, further damaged the environment and upturned social hierarchies. In The Burning Ground, she travels around the delta to examine the aftermath of insurgency, speaking to former militants, highlighting the undervalued role of women, and meeting individuals making positive changes towards sustainable development in a region whose future will have global impact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia Global Reports
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781967190157
• Artikelnr.: 75482792

Autorenporträt

Noo Saro-Wiwa was born in Nigeria and raised in England. Noted for her travel writing, she is the author of two prize-winning books: Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (2012) and Black Ghosts: The Lives of Africans in China (2023). Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Chatham House and The Times Literary Supplement, among others. She lives in London.