Short biography of ken saro wiwa

Full Name:Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro Wiwa
Date of Birth:10 October 1941, Bori, Nigeria.
Died:10 November 1995 (aged 54)
Cause of death:Executed
Nationality:Nigerian
Ethnicity: Ogoni
Awards:Right Livelihood Award
Goldman Environmental Prize.
Occupation:Writer



Early Life

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa (b.October 10, 1941-died November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian writer of satiral novels ; civil rights activist, television producer .In 1994 Saro-Wiwa was imprisoned by order of the dictator Sani Abacha.

He had strongly defended the rights of the Ogoni people and criticized the government’s oil policy with Royal Dutch/Shell. Despite wide international protests, Saro-Wiwa was hanged after a show trial with other eight Ogoni rights activists in Port Harcourt, on November 10, 199 married Nene Saro-Wiwa in 1967; children: Ken, Gian, Tedum, Noo, and Nina Education: University of Ibadan, BA, 1965.

Politics: Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSO