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Unmasking of the Masquerade |
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From the Editor-in-Chief
To the average Ogoni person, it is near sacred to unmask any masquerade. Other Nigerian tribes and their African peers may share this tradition. This is because most masquerades are seen as the artistically manifestations of the spirits in human communities, as well as the representations of the gods and/or goddesses, and are as such regarded with considerable measure of awe and honored for the sake of spirits that are behind or possess the masquerades. |
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The Ogoni Struggle: a microcosm of African plights and indigenous might |
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By 1st of September 2007, the Ogoni Solidarity Forum (OSF) became three years old, and for every single day of those three years, the organization had operated from the Community House, in Salt River, Cape Town as its platform to propagate the Ogoni struggle to the world. But despite the decision to strategically site the OSF in the Community House, which was original constructed as an anti-apartheid centre; the OSF and the issues that it represents did not receive the anticipated awareness and camaraderie for solidarity. But with the recent Ken Saro Wiwa Memorial Seminar that was held on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2007, the OSF has shifted away from the snail speed lane. |
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Unpacking Issues from the Reading Pack |
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The just concluded Ken Saro Wiwa Memorial Seminar in Cape Town, South Africa, undoubtedly, examined issues that border on the foundation, broad political and economic policies of the Nigerian nation state. The delegates were provided with a reading pack that contained the following documents:
1. Nigeria: A Second Chance? Being research findings by the UNHCR Centre for Documentation and Research on the long Nigerian militarization and the emergency of a civil rule structure headed by Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. The document authored by Karl Maier, asked rhetorically, if the civil government could mean a way forward for the country. |
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The negative impact of oil drilling on rural women and the role of the Ogoni women in Niger Delta |
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1. Background
The Ogoni is an indigenous ethnic group that depends on agricultural activities for our sustenance. We are predominantly farmers and peasant fishing people. The Ogoni women traditionally takes the lead in the former mostly, as such the duty of gathering food depends on the women almost more than the men. The men basically deforest and clear the bush, after which the remaining parts of the labor like, weeding, burning, planting, willowing and harvesting are left to the women; therefore, we understand the daily impact of environmental hazards because the Ogoni ethnic nation is one of the richest oil producing communities in Nigeria. |
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The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Oil Exploration and Production |
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The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Oil Exploration and Production Ken Saro Wiwa Commemoration,
21/22 November 2007, Cape Town
by: Eugene Cairncross View the powerpoint |
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