Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/kenule-beeson-saro-wiwa/ Arts and African History Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:50:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa https://consciousness.co.za/kenule-beeson-saro-wiwa/ https://consciousness.co.za/kenule-beeson-saro-wiwa/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:50:15 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13525 Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the multinational petroleum industry. That industry recklessly dumped petroleum waste in Saro-Wiwa’s home region, the Nigerian delta, which gave rise to severe environmental damage. Saro-Wiwa was born on 10 October 1941 into a prominent Ogoni [...]

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