Unfortunately, the destruction and its legacy continue with weapons littering the land. Saro-Wiwa adopted and dedicated the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People to the nonviolent approach for direct action. Saro-Wiwa illustrated how societies gained economic prosperity at the expense of indigenous minorities. The vulnerable people were faced with environmental degradation. While the people of America filled their tanks, they also drove the Ogoni toward extinction.
Ogoni land is a wasteland today.
The streams are polluted. The skies are poisoned. For 33 years, there have been nonstop gas flares that produce soot on Ogoni roofs and cause acid rain. Toxic waste pits seep into the drinking water and corrode pipelines that crisscross the formerly fertile agricultural land. With branches instead of bullets, the Ogoni mobilized for social change to commemorate the creation of the Ogoni Bill of Rights on the United Nations International Year of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples.