The Execution
On 10 November 1995, the Abacha regime executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8 by hanging. This episode reconstructs the final days, the international outcry, and the immediate political fallout.
Hosted by Wale Lawal
Feb 26, 2025
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Our second season focuses on the life and legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a writer and one of nine non-violent Ogoni activists the General Sani Abacha military government brutally executed in 1995. The Ogoni are an ethnic group situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. For years, they have suffered pollution and environmental degradation stemming from crude oil extraction on their land. Saro-Wiwa's protests against oil companies such as Shell, including his leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), frustrated the Abacha government, which relied heavily on oil exports.
Hosted by Wale Lawal.
On 10 November 1995, the Abacha regime executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8 by hanging. This episode reconstructs the final days, the international outcry, and the immediate political fallout.
