Ken Saro-Wiwa, 1941-1995   

 Ken Saro-Wiwa was an African author.  He didn’t start until his mid forties but he has still written three major stories.   They were “songs in a time of war.”(1985) “Sozaboy” (1985) and “A forest of Flowers” short stories (1986). His early goals were that he wanted a career in Drama.  His first publications were fiction.  He was born October 10 1941 in Bori, rivers state, Nigeria.  He died October 10, 1995 in Nigeria.  The Nigerian government for a trumped up crime hanged him.  He mobilized tens of thousands in the Niger Delta to stand up against the environmental destruction wrought by Shell's oil drilling.

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