Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ken Saro-Wiwa was born on 10 October 1941 in Bori, in Ogoni country. A teacher and then a businessman, and commissioner for education of his region, he was dismissed from that post in 1973 for his support of the autonomy of his people. He became famous through a comic television series, of which he wrote more than a hundred and fifty episodes before the dictatorship arrested him in 1990. He founded the movement for the survival of his people, received two major international awards and was executed on 10 November 1995 in Port Harcourt.

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• Short storiesAfrica Kills Her SunKen Saro-Wiwa · 1989Literature