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In the shadow of a saint a book writer about Ken Wiwa from his son's prospective. Ken Wiwa jr does an amazing job of detiailing the "feel" of Nigeria during the late 80's and early 90's. He decribes the warm air, the corruption from the country leaders, the hardship of not knowing who you could trust. Ken Wiwa states that "the only wrong doers are the ones that do now wrong"

I couldn't believe they would actually execute him in the middle of the Commonwealth conference- Saro Wiwa Jr on his father's execution.

My belief is that I owe my children a good education and that is enough to make them discriminate for themselves and make their.choices. I don't even make suggestions in the field of.study. And as.for. marriage, you know what Shakespeare says: "Hanging and wiving goes by destiny' - Ken.Saro Wiwa in his letter to his son.

After all, there were many educated Ogoni like him who hated injustice of our predicament. What was it in my father's psychological make up that separated him from others? What made him determined to dedicate and eventually give his life to the prosecution of the Ogoni cause?

The sum of money held by Nigerian nationals in foreign banks accounts around the world is suspected to be equal to Nigeria's foreign debt.

If a man of my upbringing, education, cultivation and demonstrated achievement in various areas of life cannot conduct an argument for rights peacefully and in a civilized manner, then no else can do so. - Ken Saro-Wiwa.