Ken Saro-Wiwa

GPTKB entity

Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
writer
environmentalist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Goldman_Environmental_Prize
Right Livelihood Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1941-10-10
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate 1995-11-10
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Nigeria
gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkbp:famousFor His writings on social issues
Activism against oil companies
Advocating for the Ogoni people
His trial and execution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ken Saro-Wiwa
gptkbp:influenced Environmental justice movement
Nigerian_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy Chinua Achebe
Wole Soyinka
gptkbp:knownFor Environmental activism
Ogoni people's rights advocacy
Literary_works
gptkbp:legacy Human rights activism
Ogoni struggle for rights
Environmental_awareness_in_Nigeria
gptkbp:nationality Nigerian
Ogoni
gptkbp:notableWork A Month and a Day
Sozaboy
gptkbp:occupation author
television producer
activist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Bori,_Nigeria
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Execution
Port_Harcourt,_Nigeria
gptkbp:spouse Wife