They killed her father for speaking out
For decades, the oil-rich Niger Delta-an important wetland and farming region-has seen its environment devastated by oil extraction that has brought little economic benefit to its people. After a nonviolent campaign for environmental and human rights, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues were executed by the military dictatorship in 1995. Their deaths sparked an armed insurgency marked by sabotage and oil theft in a bid for "resource control."
Thirty years after Ken Saro-Wiwa's death, his daughter Noo traces the rise of this insurgency and how it became entangled with politics, further damaging the environment and upending social hierarchies. In The Burning Ground, she travels across the delta to examine its aftermath, speaking with former militants, highlighting the undervalued role of women, and meeting individuals working toward sustainable development. Along the way, her sharp, humane reporting brings to life a region where environmental damage, political conflict, human-rights pressures, and accelerating climate threats converge in ways the world cannot ignore.
| ISBN: | 9781967190140 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 2026 |
| Author: | Noo SaroWiwa |
| Publisher: | Columbia Global Reports |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 125 pages |
| Genres: |
African history Geopolitics Human rights, civil rights Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action Petroleum, oil and gas industries |
They killed her father for speaking out
For decades, the oil-rich Niger Delta-an important wetland and farming region-has seen its environment devastated by oil extraction that has brought little economic benefit to its people. After a nonviolent campaign for environmental and human rights, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues were executed by the military dictatorship in 1995. Their deaths sparked an armed insurgency marked by sabotage and oil theft in a bid for "resource control."
Thirty years after Ken Saro-Wiwa's death, his daughter Noo traces the rise of this insurgency and how it became entangled with politics, further damaging the environment and upending social hierarchies. In The Burning Ground, she travels across the delta to examine its aftermath, speaking with former militants, highlighting the undervalued role of women, and meeting individuals working toward sustainable development. Along the way, her sharp, humane reporting brings to life a region where environmental damage, political conflict, human-rights pressures, and accelerating climate threats converge in ways the world cannot ignore.
The Burning Ground features in the following genres: African history, Geopolitics, Human rights, civil rights, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Petroleum, oil and gas industries
The Burning Ground is available in Paperback
The Burning Ground was written by Noo SaroWiwa and published by Columbia Global Reports
The Burning Ground has 125 pages
£11.69