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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14A TRIBUTE TO THE OGONI NINE
Thirteen years on, how to find words for the executions of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight colleagues?
Outrages simmers because the wound is still bloodily open. In the Niger Delta, gas flaring continues day and night, farmlands remain saturated with spilt oil, and the Ogoni, Ijaw and other Delta communities are among the poorest in Nigeria. The oil companies will not acknowledge their role to the families of the dead.
All too predictably, Ken Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues were murdered under a veneer of "due process"- the absurd charges, the "court", the executions. As the story unfolded before the world's media, man watched horrified as Mandela's quiet diplomacy failed, and the hangmen succeeded.
This year Niger Delta Awareness has organised a seminar to mark the day. Venue is at the Boole Lecture Room 4, University College Cork, 15th of November 2008.
a new book on the Niger Delta has just been published -
Curse of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta
Photographs by: Ed Kashi
Edited by: Michael Watts
(powerHouse Books, 2008) http://www.powerhousebooks.com/look-inside/400
I agree - that african music on the video is very annoying too! It's get me all hot and bothered.
What a private company gets up to in some foreign country has no relevance to us here in Ireland. WE HAVE NOTHING TO LEARN FROM NIGERIA!
As for these yahoos in Belgium in the pictures, blocking a petrol station wit their "solidarity banners" yesterday in honour of Ken Saro Wiwa and people in Mayo- all I can say is that it's a terrible misuse of paper plates!
from Harcourt Street and the sun came out on Saro Wiwa Street
We have a Samuel Beckett Bridge and a statue of Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square.
Legitimately new streets should be named after deserving figures, whoever they might be, but removing the colonial names of those streets would be utterly meaningless and consign hundreds of years of history to the dustbin.
Names like Dorset Street or North King Street etc have enormous resonance for residents of this city and they have taken on a life of their own. Ask somebody in Dublin what they think when you mention Dorset Street and they'll think of match days in Croke Park and the many fine pubs that line it - the fact that it's named after an English county has long since been forgotten.
Here's a statement from Senator David Norris that was released today- I think he sums it up well:
From Senator David Norris, Kildare Street Dublin 2
November 13th 2008
While I would not wish to encourage a wholesale free for all in the
changing of street names by individual citizens I would like to say that in
the circumstances I am very happy to support the changing of the name
Adelaide Road to Ken Saro Wiwa Street. The judicial murder of Ken Saro Wiwa
is very well known but the implication of Shell Oil in the matter deserves
also to be exposed.
Ken Saro Wiwa was a noble generous and courageous human being who lost his
life in a struggle against oppression. He is much worthier to have a street
in Dublin named after him than Adelaide Louise Therese Caroline Amelia of
Saxe-Meningen who was the despised wife of the dissolute Prince of Wales at
the beginning of the 19th century. She was a sad creature who is best left
to rest in peace whereas Ken Saro Wiwa deserves to be celebrated by all
mankind.
Good work; Sen Norris has it right. Ireland needs to keep the memory of the great Ken Saro-Wiwa and his companions, to honour their courage and sacrifice, and the unworthiness of a Government that sold out its people to the company that had the Ogoni 9 murdered and Ogoniland ruined for its profit
But sure where does it end at that rate, do we just try and erase history and get rid of these names that have been with us for sometimes 100s of years. The story of the princess is in itself fascinating if you look it up.
By all means, call a new street after Ken Saro-Wiwa but let's not try to whitewash our past away. It's unnecessarily divisive at a time when Irish people have come to terms with their history.
In what way does Princess Adelaide comprise part of "our" history?
For one thing there are quite a few Adelaide Roads and Streets about. For another the Irish name “Edel” or “Edelle” comes from her. Also the large statute of Queen Vic which was before Leinster House is now in Adelaide in Australia.
That's weak.
You are saying that she should have a street named after her because she, er, has a street named after her.
Did she ever spend time in Ireland? Did she have a home here? Did she ever do anything for the people or even mention them?
Did she ever give the place (or the people) a thought?
Did the people of Ireland care about her?
Sure, I expect lots of Irish & Anglo-Irish people looked to Adelaide as a figurehead, but the story of Saro-Wiwa is fierce relevant to Ireland right now. Queen Adelaide has a whole
town dedicate to her in Australia, & a village in England, & plenty pubs!
Security Thwart Shell Protest
By Lucy Henson
Security break up the protest
Security guards stopped a demonstration that was intended to raise awareness about oil giant Shell’s history of human rights violations. The protest was planned following revelations about the company’s affiliation with the University of Manchester.
About 15 students, including UMSU Communications Officer Robbie Gillett and Campaigns Officer Dan Lee, tied banners reading: “Shell operating at the University of Manchester” to the Sir Henry Wellcome Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre building on North Campus last Monday.
They also hoisted an effigy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian environmentalist who was hanged for protesting against Shell’s devastation of the Niger Delta, along with a banner reading “Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa: murdered by Shell 10th November 1995”. Robbie Gillett described the effigy as “respectful” and a “powerful visual reminder of the role of Shell”.
Security guards were called in less than 10 minutes after the banners had been put in place, close to the entrance of the building. When asked by members of the security staff to remove the banners and effigy, the protesters refused.
Read more at www.student-direct.co.uk/2008/11/shell-protest-thwarted/
to have a street entiled in someone name, a house with a sign in memory, is something that makes a strong political and community sense
where certain monuments and constructions can have sense in the years after, names with no actual relevance may have to go, especially if there are other cities, pubs and whatever in their name somewhere else in big quantities
The naming of a street or a house is a symbolic act of respect for those who gained the privilege to get it or who decided to celebrate themselves as they owned the street...
I prefer to think that the name comes after the first possibility
people who get that chance for their contribution to Humanity, Civil rights, Cultural and Artistic qualities should be privileged to those whose only quality has been to be owners or rich and famous for that, without even commenting if they possessed other qualities of social utility.
Then things change all the time
there are new people and new roads and new histories to talk about
this is only good
Imagine if there was nothing new from Adelaide's time....