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In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy
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ISBN: 1586420259
Author: Wiwa, Ken
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In late 1995, the little-known Ogoni region in Nigeria became a fable for our times. Ken Saro-Wiwa, a renowned poet and environmentalist, was campaigning to protect his Ogoni people against the encroachments of Shell Oil and a brutal dictatorship. He was imprisoned, tortured, brought to trial on trumped-up charges, and executed.At the heart of the public campaign to save Ken Saro-Wiwa was another Ken Wiwa-the author's son-who travelled the world lobbying world leaders and mobilizing public opinion, so that his father was recognized as a hero and a symbol of the struggle for environmental justice. The Saro-Wiwa name became global currency for righteousness.Ken Wiwa has embarked on a book that tells the story-from a human, anecdotal perspective-of what it means to grow up as a child in the shadow of such extraordinary men and women. In the end, it's about Ken's attempts to make peace with himself and his father-following his journey as he reaches toward a final rendezvous with the father who was snatched by the hangman.
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