num_pages: 224
description: This is an extensive study of Kenule Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni Minority and Human Rights activist who was judicially murdered in 1995. Questions of nationhood, ethnic minority and power politics in Nigeria are discussed in a collection of essays that examine the corpus of his literary and political ideas, pointing out the direction of his thought and the enduring contribution that Sara-Wiwa made to Nigeria's literary and political arenas.
language: English
title: Before I Am Hanged: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Literature, Politics, and Dissent
titlecomplete: Before I Am Hanged: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Literature, Politics, and Dissent
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Africa World Pr