← back to Poets home
A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985
Saro-Wiwa, Ken
Biography
Nigeria
Birth date: 1941-10-10
Birth location:
Bori,
Nigeria
Death date: 1995-11-10
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, activist, and television producer. A member of the Ogoni people, Saro-Wiwa served as the president of the organization Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and attempted to prevent the environmental destruction of land in his home region. In 1995, he was accused of plotting the murder of Ogoni chiefs by the military dictatorship of Nigeria at the time. He was executed in 1995. Saro-Wiwa was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for his work in environmental activism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa
Education
- University of Ibadan
News Items (56)
- Local election test for Nigerian regime (1997-03-14) | Poet
- In search of a subject (2003-02-07) | Poet
- New writers emerge after the 'big sleep' (2008-06-24) | Poet
- The arrest of Ken Saro-Wiwa (1993-07-02) | Poet
- Who Won What in 1987 (1987-11-29) | Poet
- A price not worth paying (1995-01-29) | Writer
- To hell with Abacha and his tinpot dictatorship (1995-11-12) | Writer
- Shell (1995-11-19) | Writer
- Radio (1998-12-06) | Writer
- Relative Values (1996-05-24) | Poet
- Right place, wrong time (1995-11-19) | Poet
- Contents (1996-03-24) | Poet
- BBC1 (1996-11-03) | Politician
- The heavy burden of white man's guilt (1995-11-19) | Poet
- Persecuted hero or pet prisoner of the chattering classes? (1995-01-22) | Poet
- Today 10 November (1996-11-10) | Poet
- Diary (1995-01-22) | Writer
- Radio (1997-11-02) | Politician
- Pick of the day (1998-08-16) | Poet
- Nigeria poised to hang more Ogoni dissidents (1996-01-14) | Writer
- Rifkind threatens Nigeria sanctions (1985-11-12) | Writer
- Strong world from freedom fighters (1997-10-19) | Writer
- Body Shop helps Wiwa flee Nigeria (1995-11-06) | Writer
- Under Fire (1995-11-19) | Writer
- Anniversaries (2013-11-10) | Writer
- Critics' choice (1995-04-30) | Writer
- Rise and Fall of an Oil Baron (2004-04-25) | Writer
- Pariah (1995-11-12) | Writer
- Nigerians rally against general (1998-06-14) | Poet
- Innocence lost in Nigeria's turmoil (2002-01-20) | Poet
- World Service (1996-10-27) | Poet
- How agent Camus sank Greenpeace oil protests (2001-06-17) | Poet
- Wolves remain in the woods (1995-12-31) | Writer
- World Service (1996-11-03) | Writer
- World Service (1996-11-10) | Writer
- [Radio 1 (1995-07-23)](apdp.news.000824) | Writer
- Mandela touts 'Mr Fluff-it' as heir (1996-06-07) | Writer
- Tuesday 5 November (1996-11-03) | Writer
- Nigeria looms as wild card in Shell recovery (2005-02-06) | Writer
- The biggest bunfight in history? (1997-04-13) | Writer
- Nigerian loot laundered in the City (2000-12-07) | Writer
- Feuding Commonwealth finds unity (1995-11-12) | Writer
- Sugar's man 'paid fees to Webb from Spurs' (1995-11-12) | Writer
- Top Stories from around the World (2009-12-14) | Poet
- Editors defy Nigerian reign of fear (1995-12-24) | Writer
- BBC1 (2000-11-25) | Writer
- Paperbacks (1998-05-24) | Writer
- Anita, 53 and Gordon Roddick, 53: Retailing … (1996-04-14) | Writer
- Relative Values (2004-10-24) | Writer
- 1995: All the News and Views (1995-12-17) | Writer
- Nigeria takes first steps on freedom road (1998-07-05) | Writer
- BBC1 (2004-10-24) | Writer
- Poker game with death in fragmenting Nigeria (1995-11-05) | Writer
- Rhymes and Punishment (2009-08-23) | Writer
- Shot through with an Awful Eloquence (2010-10-17) | Writer
- Shell axes 'corrupt' Nigeria staff (1995-11-17) | Writer
Related Works (2)
- Africa Talks Back: Interviews with Anglophone African authors (2002) (Mentioned Poet)
- The Ordeal of the African Writer (2001) (Mentioned Poet)
Commentaries (1)
Close Relationships (93)
Relationships are drawn from direct familial relationships and shared events, news items, works, and educations.
- P'Bitek, Okot (3)
- Achebe, Chinua 'Albert Chinualumogu' (10)
- Brutus, Dennis Vincent (3)
- Liyong, Taban Lo (3)
- Aig-Imoukhuede, Frank 'Abiodun' (1)
- Clark, John Pepper 'J. P.' (1)
- Echeruo, Michael J. C. (1)
- Faleti, Adebayo (1)
- Karibo, Minji (1)
- Ofeimun, Odia (1)
- Ogundipe-Leslie, Omolara 'Molara' (1)
- Okigbo, Christopher (3)
- Soyinka , Wole 'Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde' (4)
- Doh, Emmanuel Fru (3)
- Garuba, Harry (3)
- Losambe, Lokangaka (1)
- Ogunlesi, Tolu (1)
- Ojaide, Tanure (1)
- Okewole, Niran (1)
- Osundare, Niyi (1)
- Otiono, Nduka (2)
- Goldman, Antony (1)
- Ige, Bola (1)
- Abacha, Sani (4)
- Adesanya, Abraham Aderibigbe (1)
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns 'T. S.' (1)
- Wordsworth, William (1)
- Jamba, Sousa (1)
- Omotoso, Kole (1)
- Ndebele, Njabulo (1)
- Lindfors, Bernth (1)
- Nazareth, Peter (1)
- Rubadiri, David (1)
- Theroux, Paul (1)
- Naipaul, V. S. (1)
- Dickens, Charles (1)
- Chekhov, Anton (1)
- Maupassant, Guy de (1)
- Vera, Yvonne (1)
- Couto, António Emílio Leite 'Mia' (1)
- Agualusa, José Eduardo (1)
- Isegawa, Moses 'Sey Wava' (1)
- Gurnah, Abdulrazak (1)
- Larson, Charles R. (1)
- Neruda, Pablo (1)
- wa Thiong'o, Ngugi 'James' (1)
- Kantai, Parselelo (1)
- Bakare, Muhtar (1)
- Amadi, Elechi (2)
- Aidoo, Ama Ata 'Christina' (1)
- Anikulapo, Jahman (1)
- Ngalabak, Helon Habila (1)
- Atta, Sefi (1)
- Agary, Kaine (1)
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (1)
- Mphahlele, Ezekiel 'Es'kia' (1)
- Daniels, A. M. (1)
- Babangida, Ibrahim (1)
- Okri, Ben (2)
- Atwood, Margaret (1)
- Kogbara, Donu (4)
- Saro-Wiwa, Maria (1)
- Daniels, Anthony (1)
- Pinter, Harold (1)
- Boyd, William (2)
- Donovan, Paul (1)
- Fawehinmi, Abdul-Ganiyu Oyesola 'Gani' (1)
- Clinton, William Jefferson 'Bill' (1)
- Conradi, Peter (1)
- Rifkind, Malcolm Leslie (1)
- Kane, Frank (1)
- Hamilton, Kristie (1)
- James, Martin (1)
- Watts, Phillips (1)
- Abiola, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale 'M. K. O Abiola' (2)
- Wiwa, Ken (2)
- Mandela, Nelson (4)
- Mbeki , Thabo Mvuyelwa 'Thabo Mbeki ' (1)
- Block, Robert (1)
- Purefoy, Christian (1)
- Koenig, Peter (1)
- Mortimer, John (1)
- Fielding , Nick (1)
- Rufford, Nick (1)
- Lamb, Christiana (1)
- Obasanjo, Olusegun (1)
- Annan, Kofi (1)
- Shawcross, William (1)
- Abubakar, Abdulsalam (1)
- Hepple, George (1)
- Edwards, Mark (1)
- Egbuna, Nneka (1)
- Johnson, R. W. (1)
Relevant resources
Created by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities with funding from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
