In the Shadow of a Saint
A Son’s Journey to Understand His Father’s Legacy
by Ken Wiwa
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- Awards: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2002)
- Genres: africa, biography, autobiography, nigeria, memoir
- Author: Ken Wiwa
- ISBN: 9781586420253 (1586420259)
- Language: english
- Release date: July 24, 2001
- Places: Nigeria
- Publisher: Steerforth
- Format: hardcover, 272 pages
About The Book
In late 1995, the little-known Ogoni region in Nigeria became a fable for our times. Ken Saro-Wiwa, a renowned poet and environmentalist, was campaigning to protect his Ogoni people against the encroachments of Shell Oil and a brutal dictatorship. He was imprisoned, tortured, brought to trial on trumped-up charges, and executed.
At the heart of the public campaign to save Ken Saro-Wiwa was another Ken Wiwa — the author’s son — who travelled the world lobbying world leaders and mobilizing public opinion, so that his father was recognized as a hero and a symbol of the struggle for environmental justice. The Saro-Wiwa name became global currency for righteousness.
Ken Wiwa has embarked on a book that tells the story — from a human, anecdotal perspective — of what it means to grow up as a child in the shadow of such extraordinary men and women. In the end, it’s about Ken’s attempts to make peace with himself and his father — following his journey as he reaches toward a final rendezvous with the father who was snatched by the hangman.
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