The Unfinished Revolution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: Prospects for Environmental Justice and Peace

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Cyril Obi Temitope Oriola (University of Alberta, Canada)

The Unfinished Revolution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Prospects for Environmental Justice and Peace

Cyril Obi, Temitope Oriola (University of Alberta, Canada)

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English

Routledge
14 June 2018

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Revolutionary groups & movements

Series: Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa

The 1990s heralded waves of spectacular forms of local resistance and globalized protest against oil exploitation and environmental pollution in oil-producing regions of the developing world. One of the most spectacular local uprisings against global oil multinationals was led by the Ogoni people who were protesting against the exploitation and marginalization of oil-producing ethnic minority communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. However, the hanging on November 10, 1995 of nine Ogoni ethnic minority and environmental justice activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, only served to exacerbate protests in later years. Within a decade, dozens of locally rooted insurgent groups emerged in the Niger Delta and construed themselves as part of the social movement for ethnic minority rights and environmental justice which dates back to colonial times. However, the trajectory of the revolutionary momentum has changed over time, reflecting a mix of progressive, opportunistic and retrogressive trends.

This book provides a critical study of the trajectory of struggles in the Niger Delta since 1995, paying attention to continuities and changes, including recent developments linked to the shift from local resistance, to the rupturing of the Presidential Amnesty peace deal (largely to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) and the resurgence low-intensity sporadic armed militancy—led by the Niger Delta Avengers militia among others. The contributors critically interrogate the nature of the region’s political economy, socio-economic trends and trajectories over the past two decades. This collection also accentuates the lessons learnt, prospects for self-determination, socio-economic and environmental justice and peace in the aftermath of the hanging.

Edited by: Cyril Obi, Temitope Oriola (University of Alberta, Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 403g
ISBN: 9780815358411
ISBN 10: 0815358415
Series: Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 14 June 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cyril Obi, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA. Temitope B. Oriola, University of Alberta, Canada.