Ken Saro-Wiwa

Hanged by the Nigerian government on 10 November 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people, a human rights activists and a symbol of modern Africans' struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power and environmental exploitation. Though he is rightly known for his human rights and environmental activism, he wore many hats: writer, television producer, businessman and civil servant, among others. While the book sheds light on his many legacies, it is above all about Saro-Wiwa the man, not just Saro-Wiwa the symbol. Roy Doron and Toyin Falola portray a man who not only was formed by the complex forces of ethnicity, race, class and politics in Nigeria, but who drove change in those same processes. Like others in the Jacana Pocket series, Ken Saro-Wiwa is written to be accessible to the casual reader and student, yet indispensable to scholars.