Ken Wiwa

Ken Wiwa is a Nigerian activist and a columnist for the Toronto Globe and Mail. His book, In the Shadow of a Saint (Random House, 2000), is a personal memoir about his relationship with his father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was hanged in his prison cell in Nigeria on the orders of a military tribunal in 1995. Ken Wiwa is the Saul Rae Fellow at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.

Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ken Saro-Wiwa was imprisoned in 1994 by order of Nigeria's then dictator Sani Abacha. He had strongly defended the rights of the Ogoni people of the oil-rich Niger

By Ken Wiwa

/ 22 Mar 2005

America in Africa: plunderer or partner?

Dear Gayle Smith, I am sure that this letter finds you, like millions of your fellowAmericans, in reflective mode as your countrys vital electionday approaches. The fact

By Ken Wiwa and Gayle Smith

/ 26 Oct 2004