Kenule Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941- November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer and environmental activist. He was an Ogoni member and he was also an ethnic minority whose homelands have been targeted for oil withdrawal since the 1950s. Saro-Wiwa was the president of MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogani People); he organized many non-violent campaigns against damages made to the environment related to operations by major oil companies.
Saro-Wiwa was a very prosperous businessman, novelists and television producer. His most famous novel is the story of a naïve village boy recruited by the army during the Nigerian Civil War; Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English. He also kept war diaries and one of his major accomplishments was a soap opera that was the most watched in Africa; Basi & Co. In the late 1970s, he established several retail and real estate businesses. During the 1980s, he was able to focus mainly on his writing, journalism, and television......
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