The Niger Delta, home to six million people, has been exploited for its oil resources for over 30 years. The Ogoni people who live there have become dissatisfied with the resulting pollution and the military government that ignored them. But in 1993 the inhabitants of the Delta began an international campaign against the ruling government and the oil companies that were taking over their land, Ogoni villages were destroyed and their leader Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested.
"The Niger Delta, home to six million people, has been exploited for its oil resources for over 30 years. The Ogoni people who live there have become dissatisfied with the resulting pollution and the military government that ignored them. But in 1993 the inhabitants of the Delta began an international campaign against the ruling government and the oil companies that were taking over their land, Ogoni villages were destroyed and their leader Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested."@en
"Looks at the land rights dispute in the Niger delta area between the Nigerian government, the indigenous Ogoni people and the Shell Oil Company."@en
"Shows the disputes between Shell Oil, the Nigerian military government, and the indigenous Ogoni people over land rights and oil pollution caused by Shell Oil drillings in the Ogoni's ancestral lands. Shows activist Ken Saro-Wiwa's attempts to bring worldwide attention to the Ogoni's plight."@en
"This documentary takes the Ogoni perspective on the devastation of Ogoni land and life by Shell Oil Company with collaboration by the Nigerian government. Features oral interviews with Ogoni people and their leader Ken Saro-Wiwa."
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