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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?

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.