By Dan Amor
*Ken Saro-Wiwa
Today, Monday November 10, 2014, indubitably marks the nineteenth anniversary of the tragic and shocking death of Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa and eight of his Ogoni kinsmen, in the evil hands of professional hangmen who sneaked into
We remember him today because, for this writer,
as for most disinterested Nigerians, Ken Saro-Wiwa lives alternatively as an
inspirational spirit, and a haunting one at that. Now, as always, Nigerians who
care still hear Ken's steps on the polluted land of his ancestors. They still
see the monstrous flares from poisonous gas stacks, and still remember his
symbolic pipe. Now, as always, passionate Nigerians will remember and hear the
gleeful blast of the Ogoni song, the song Ken sang at his peril. Yet, only the
initiated can see the Ogoni national flag flutter cautiously in the saddened
clouds of a proud land. But all can hear his name in the fluttering of the
Eagle's wing.