Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy

This collection of newspaper columns and articles mostly written in the 1970s and 1980s perhaps provides the best overview of Saro-Wiwas political and environmental concerns. The articles document his concerns about the fate of the Ogoni people and their mistreatment by multinational oil companies and collaborating Nigerian government. Saro-Wiwa argues that the Ogoni are a minority in Nigeria exploited by the ruling ethnic majority and that the Federal Government of Nigeria was threatening the Ogoni with genocide. At the time this was a key publication in bringing the Ogoni tragedy to the attention of the international community. Nowadays it is of continual relevance to present day concerns about the actions of the oil companies indigenous and environmental rights in the Delta region.