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The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis - W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Soyinka, Wole (Fellow at W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Fellow at W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University)
The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis - W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
Soyinka, Wole (Fellow at W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Fellow at W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Harvard University)
A study of the significance of the execution of dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists to Nigeria's global reputation. Soyinka criticises what he sees as the decline of Nigeria from a post-colonial success story to a military dictatorship marked by the executions. He then considers Nigeria's future.
178 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 7, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195119213 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 176 |
| Dimensions | 141 × 216 × 10 mm · 226 g |
| Language | English |