When Writers Become Warriors - Ken Saro Wiwa

Imagine waking up one day to find an uninvited stranger ploughing your field, or even worse, eating your food straight from the kitchen. To add to the irony, the watchman who you have at the gates is the one who has sanctioned their entrance and now, you cannot do anything. That story is incredulous. But the Ogoni people knew too well circumstances that would be comparable to this. From thriving as small scale fishermen to their land being auctioned off to the ravaging companies that sought to mine their oil, this hit a tad bit too close to home. Then along came a hero, Ken Saro Wiwa.