Fighting oil pollution with art in Nigeria

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"Battle Bus" was a sculpture made by Sokari Douglas Camp in memory of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other activists who were controversially executed in 1995. The sculpture was seized and impounded by Nigerian port authorities in 2015 when the art work was shipped to Nigeria. Sokari Douglas Camp talks to Rebecca Kesby about growing up in the Niger Delta and how it's shaped her art work.

PHOTO: "Battle Bus" by Sokari Douglas Camp on show in London in 2015 (Sam Roberts Photography).

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1:06.0	Hello and thank you for downloading this edition of Witness History from the BBC World Service with me Rebecca
1:16.1	Kespi and in 1995 Nigerian environmentalist Ken Sarawuero-Weer was executed along with eight other activists.
1:25.0	Today we hear the story of how a piece of art to commemorate them also ended up behind bars.
1:31.0	I've been speaking to the artist.
1:34.0	The Aagoni people say their homeland has been ruined by oil.
1:38.0	We are going to demand our rights peacefully, non-violently, and we shall win.
1:45.0	Ken Sarawewewe were poet, environmentalist and leader of the Agoni people.
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