Comments on naijablog: More on the KSW living memorial

Here's a Nigerian hero..http://snipurl.com/123x2

2006-11-14T12:21:00.000+01:00

Here's a Nigerian hero..

http://snipurl.com/123x2

during my msc class in environmental management at...

2006-11-12T17:12:00.000+01:00

during my msc class in environmental management at middlesex university, there use to be a great fuss about ken saro-wiwa whenenver the subjucts of environmental activism is raised. Several arguments were raised about the events that leads to his murder. While there are over-the-top western reactionary views about KSW, I cannot deny the fact that I partly enjoyed the attention the guy is recieving as a Nigerian in the international media. Paradoxically, it reminds me of the dark days of the goggled-one.

In the hearts of the ordinary people of Nigerians ...

2006-11-12T08:13:00.000+01:00

In the hearts of the ordinary people of Nigerians and Ogoni,KSW still lives!

Nigeria really has a history of not honouring its heroes and that is why today's kids dont know much about our founding fathers and how they fought to give us independence.

KSW was a multi faceted character though - you will have to read a lot of his books to really get an insight into the man. You could also read "In the shadow of a Saint" by his son Ken Wiwa. That is a fantastic read & you should be able to understand KSW better.

well i don't know about being in cahoots with abac...

2006-11-12T03:58:00.000+01:00

well i don't know about being in cahoots with abacha but i heard shell paid him off regularly...

The Wiwa affair had just gotten underway around th...

2006-11-11T21:31:00.000+01:00

The Wiwa affair had just gotten underway around the time I left Nigeria and beyond the cursory, I have no information on KSW. I tend to agree with your idea, Jeremy (gasp!), about the West's covertly reactionary displays towards Africa, but I say, all the better. If something good happens, what matters its source, good or bad?

I'm not sure there are any Nigerian heroes--perhaps in the future--but I don't think I can conciously point to one, except for the symbolic "Nigerian People."

To have gone through everything they have is heroic, in the sense of a bull in a Madrid bullfight: we know it's going to die with its face in the dust, bleeding and in agony, but it'll die with dignity.

nigerians like to forget - that's why KSW isn't a ...

2006-11-11T18:07:00.000+01:00

nigerians like to forget - that's why KSW isn't a 'big deal'here lik eyou put it.

which govt is going to point the finger with all the blood they have on their hands? is it obasanjo?