The Ogoni and Self-Determination
Increasing Violence in Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4252138 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claude E Welch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 635-650 |
| Publication date | 1995-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00021479 |
| OpenAlex | W2167768563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 18 |
Theexecution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, noted advocate of rights for the Ogoni people of the Niger delta, who was hanged with eight of his colleagues in Port Harcourt on 10 November 1995, drew universal condemnation from governments, human rights organisations, and literary figures. Following the trial of these Ogoni activists, the Nigerian régime headed by General Sani Abacha decided that the verdict of the appointed tribunal should be endorsed and implemented without delay, despite an international campaign for clemency. In the view of many, Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike, an independent judicial court would not have found the accused guilty of the murder in May 1994 of the four prominent Ogoni who had been killed during a riotous rally. For the military administration, however, the claims for self-determination made by Saro-Wiwa had run counter to national policy, nOt least by having highlighted long-standing tensions between the country's ethnic mosaic and its political centralisation
Centralisation · Ethnic group · Human rights · Nigerians · Political science · Politics · Tribunal · Verdict · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Political Conflict and Governance
The Architecture of Democracy
Youths, Violence and the Collapse of Public Order in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
Oil and Security in Nigeria
Oil in Nigeria
Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria
The Marketing of Rebellion
Constitutional Design
Human rights and impact assessment
Environmental attitudes as a hegemonic discourse? Towards decolonial epistemologies of environmental orientations
Contingent relations, cult(ure)s of respectability and youth mobilisation in the oil rich Niger Delta
Civil Society Organizations and Post-Conflict Reintegration in Niger Delta, Nigeria
Non-governmental organizations and indifference as a human rights issue
Territorial Pluralism
Multinational corporations and ethnic conflict
Consociationalism
Demystifying the Niger Delta conflict
Bringing political struggle back in
The Belfast Agreement and the British‐Irish Agreement
Der Ogoni-Shell-Komplex
Development and Governmentality
Globalisation and local resistance
Everyday agency and centred marginality
Business and peace in the Niger Delta
Self-determination and secessionism in Nigeria
Peace and security concerns in the Niger Delta
From the Ompadec to the NDDC
Resource Wealth as Leverage
The changing phases of the Niger Delta conflict
The two faces of environmental justice
Alterity, Marginality and the National Question in the Poetry of the Niger Delta1
Secession
Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism
Self-Determination in Law and Practice
Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination
Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966
Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
Dream of Unity
Self-Determination
The Quest for Self-Determination
Nigerian Perspectives
The Congo since Independence. January 1960–December 1961
Political Parties in French-Speaking West Africa
Democratisation of Language Use in Public Domains in Nigeria
The Congo since Independence. January 1960-December 1961
A United States of Africa
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |