Ken Saro-Wiwa

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Right_Livelihood_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1941-10-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bori,_Rivers_State,_Nigeria
gptkbp:causeOfDeath execution by hanging
gptkbp:children gptkb:Noo_Saro-Wiwa
gptkb:Ken_Wiwa
gptkbp:deathDate 1995-11-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Port_Harcourt,_Nigeria
gptkbp:education gptkb:Government_College_Umuahia
gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Ogoni
gptkbp:executedBy gptkb:Nigerian_military_government
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kenule_Beeson_Saro-Wiwa
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
drama
fiction
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ken Saro-Wiwa
gptkbp:knownFor activism against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland
leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ogoni
English
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Movement_for_the_Survival_of_the_Ogoni_People
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Nigerian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Forest_of_Flowers
gptkb:Basi_and_Company
gptkb:On_a_Darkling_Plain
gptkb:Sozaboy
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:writer
businessman
environmentalist
television producer
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Port_Harcourt_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_Saro-Wiwa
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:The_Man_Died:_Prison_Notes_of_Wole_Soyinka
Documentaries on Ogoni struggle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkb:Agip_Prize_for_Literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5