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Who are the Ogoni people? The Ogoni people have a predominant and popular historical myth about their origin and nativity. This is that the Ogoni people were nomadic traders and peasants that may have originated from other African nations. |
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The World Economic Forum on Africa and the Creation of an Investor |
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By Shawn Hattingh
During the first week of June, stretched limos, cavalcades, and other executive vehicles were seen descending upon the plush International Convention Centre (ICC) in Cape Town. Exiting these symbols of luxury and power were politicians from across the continent along with the heads of the largest corporations doing business in Africa. Joining this assortment of privileged individuals at the ICC were representatives from the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organisation (WTO). The reason why this elite had come to Cape Town was to participate in the annual regional meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), entitled the WEF on Africa. For the corporate participants in the meeting, the WEF on Africa has become an important regional space that they use in order open business opportunities and to promote their agendas in Africa. This means that the WEF on Africa has become a regional arm of the larger global WEF, and its self-appointed agenda of promoting the interests of giant corporations. |
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The Coloration of Slavery! Then and Now. |
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In the last edition, l spoke of the taboo of unmasking a masquerade in the Ogoni and other African cultures. I went ahead to equate the activities of Ken Saro-Wiwa with the bravery of unmasking a dreaded masquerade – Nigeria being the make-belief contraption of the British dynasty and held tenaciously by a local cabal. To this group, they owe no body any explanation for their criminality; as long as they are concerned the Niger Delta and all the groups within that geo-political region is a conquered people. The Niger Deltans and their oil wells belong to Nigeria – a nation state that was created by falsification and the name given by a British. Nigeria has defiled all political logics because it does not reflect the originality, indigenousness, political aspiration and decisions of the different ethnic groups to form a union. |
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The Scramble for oilfields in Ogoniland: Aftermath of the World Economic Forum on Africa. |
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What and who does the World Economic Forum Represent?
The African chapter of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was held in Cape Town, the meeting lasted between the 5th and 6th of June 2008 with the theme, “Capitalizing on Opportunity.” The WEF function as both an organization and a platform, according to the WEF official website, it was “incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.” Ironically, the modus oparandi and the highly sophisticated, corporate packaging and high profile attendance which is dominated by political leaders of its meetings is a swift variance with the proclaimed purpose and concept of the WEF. |
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Neo-liberalization and Imperialism has no borders |
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Following the success of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Seminar held on the November 22nd and 23rd 2007 Seminar in honor of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others that were killed by the Nigeria government in 1995 (see detail report of the seminar in previous issue of The Ogoni Gong), the idea and decision to have workshops within communities and institutions in Cape Town was hatched. |
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