Lawless Planet

The Activist Who Defied Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship


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For decades, oil companies like Shell operated with impunity in the Niger River Delta, supported by a string of dictators. Then, an Ogoni activist named Ken Saro-Wiwa became the David to Shell’s Goliath – until Nigerian authorities framed him for murder. 

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Where Vultures Feast by Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas

The Politics of Bones by J. Timothy Hunt

Amnesty International

Owens Wiwa

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