Is Africa Still Commited to Human Rights?

Ken Saro-Wiwa: Novelist, activist, martyr.

By Bimbola Oyesola On November 10, it will be 18 years ago that Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian writer, was murdered alongside eight of his compatriots. During the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha, they were sentenced to death. The regime had hoped to end opposition in the Niger Delta that way. Instead, violence escalated. […]