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The Republic is a narrative podcast series exploring pivotal Nigerian and broader African historical events and figures. In the second season, host Wale Lawal traces the life and legacy of writer and activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. For much of the 90s, Saro-Wiwa led a non-violent movement against oil pollution in the Niger Delta’s Ogoniland. The Nigerian government, however, responded by arresting and later executing Saro-Wiwa and 8 other activists. How did this incident reshape Nigeria’s trajectory?
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- ‘We All Stand Before History’ · 1 h 43 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 8In 2006, Nigerian-British sculptor, Sokari Douglas-Camp, was commissioned by human and environment rights organization, Platform, to create a work of art in honour of the memory…
- The Execution · 34 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 7On 22 May 1995, the final phase of the Ogoni Nine trial began. The Ogoni Nine had been in detention since May 1994. Ken Saro-Wiwa’s health was declining, and had taken a turn for…
- The Ogoni 8 · 25 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 6In our last episode, we discussed the murder of four Ogoni chiefs, Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Samuel Orage, and Theophilus Orage, at Giokoo on 21 May 1994. We also discussed…
- The Kangaroo Court · 36 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 5On 19 January 1994, General Abacha, who had been Nigeria’s head of state for just two months, sent a federal ministerial committee to Ogoniland to meet with Ken Saro-Wiwa in…
- The Ogoni Crisis · 1 h 15 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 4The Ogonis are a prominent ethnic group in the Niger Delta. And in the 1950s, the oil wealth found in Ogoniland promised a future of prosperity. It meant that the small…
- The Political Rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Part II · 52 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 31973 began with Ken Saro-Wiwa being more publicly critical than ever of the Nigerian government he was a part of. Increasingly, he served two masters: he was a government…
- The Political Rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Part I · 51 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 2In photos of the January 4 1993 Ogoni rally, Ken Saro-Wiwa stands out. You can sense his passion, his energy but more curiously his pull. These are very dangerous times to be…
- Abacha’s Offer · 48 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 1You’re probably wondering why we chose to start this season talking about General Sani Abacha, the despot who ruled Nigeria from 1993 until his mysterious death in 1998. The…
- Looking for Ken Saro-Wiwa · 7 min · Sezonul 2African history is not yet mainstream and we're on a mission to change this. The Republic is a miniseries covering key events and figures in African history. Our second season…
- June 12: The Rest Is History · 51 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 6IBB had just stepped down from the presidential seat and handed the responsibility over to the technocrat, Ernest Shonekan. Despite being unpopular (at least compared to MKO…
- June 12: Hope Deferred · 34 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 5It was June 15 1993, three days after the June 12 election and the National Electoral Commission had released results from 14 states, including the Federal Capital Territory…
- June 12: Freest and Fairest of Them All · 31 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 4After eight years of anticipation, and eight years of promises from General Ibrahim Babangida’s junta, Nigerians were finally about to have their say at the ballot box. In this…
- SDP and NRC: Two Sides of the Same Coin · 35 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 3Ahead of the June 12 1993 election, the Babangida regime created a two-party system, in which only the National Republican Convention party (NRC) and Social Democratic Party…
- MKO: The Man Nigeria Waited to See · 46 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 2During the June 12 1993 election, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale ‘MKO’ Abiola was the widely preferred presidential candidate. Until then, he had been perhaps the most popular of…
- IBB: The ‘Evil Genius’ · 44 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 1General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida or ‘IBB’ became the military president of Nigeria in 1985, after overthrowing General Muhammadu Buhari (yes, we know what you’re thinking and…
- Introducing ‘The Republic’ · 5 min · Sezonul 1African history is not yet mainstream and we're on a mission to change this. The Republic is a miniseries covering key events and figures in African history. Our first season…
