Fallon, Helen (2012) Letters from the breadbasket. Africa, 77 (4). pp. 20-22.
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Abstract
On 10th November 2011, Sister Majella McCarron
OLA handed over a collection of personal
correspondence she received from Nigerian
writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, in the two years
leading up to his execution alongside eight other
colleagues. This followed a trial before a special tribunal
which contravened several key international standards
for a fair trial and provoked international outrage. Saro-
Wiwa was leading a non-violent campaign against the
environmental destruction of his homeland in the Niger
Delta by the international petrochemical industry. The
letters to Sister Majella were smuggled out of his Port
Harcourt detention centre in breadbaskets and provide
rich detail on the ongoing struggle to protect the Niger
Delta, the growing political instability in Nigeria and the
importance of his friendship with a nun from Country
Fermanagh during the final chapter of his life.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Ken Saro-Wiwa; Ogoni; Niger Delta; Petrochemical Industry; Majella McCarron; Archives; Libraries; Letters; |
Academic Unit: | University Library |
Item ID: | 4367 |
Depositing User: | Helen Fallon |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2013 14:05 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Africa |
Publisher: | St. Patrick's Missionary Society |
Refereed: | No |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/4367 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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