newsreel: the ogoni people say their homeland has been ruined by oil.ing to demand our rights peacefully, nonviolently and we shall win. ken saro—wiwa, poet, environmentalist, and leader of the ogoni people. the nigerian government says he is a murderer and has sentenced him to death. ken saro—wiwa tried to get the oil companies to behave differently by talking. there was no violence involved. nigeria's military leaders provoked a storm of international outrage today when they went ahead with the executions of nine human rights activists, including the playwright and activist ken saro—wiwa. no—one could believe it, no—one could believe it. pure, pure sadness, yeah. ken's memorial was extremely important to me, to make sure people remembered him. this is a mini version of the real bus, the real bus is life—size. the memorial had ken's name on a banner at the front, and then on top of the bus were barrels with the names of the other eight that were killed at the same time. on it, it had words that ken saro—wiwa said in one of his last interviews, before h

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