Obi / Oriola The Unfinished Revolution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Prospects for Socio-economic and Environmental Justice and Peace
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-05600-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 178 Seiten

Reihe: 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, lessons learnt and the prospects for self-determination, socio-economic and environmental justice and peace in the aftermath of the hanging.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Obi, Cyril

Oriola, Temitope

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction — State of knowledge on the Niger Delta struggle since 1995: Patterns, trends and future trajectories by Temitope B. Oriola and Cyril Obi

2. Assessing Socio-Economic and Human Development in the Niger Delta (1995-2014) by Aderoju Oyefusi

3. From peaceful to non-peaceful protests: A gender perspective on the trajectories of Ogoni youth movements by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

4. The Decline of MOSOP since 1995 by Kialee Nyiayaana

5. The struggle for autonomy and resource control after Ken Saro Wiwa By Ukoha Ukiwo

6. Amnesty and Resource Militancy in a Prebendal State by Mitterand M. Okorie

7. The resurgence of militant groups and security threats in Niger Delta: A study of post-amnesty conflict transformation by Chibuzor Chile Nwobueze and James Okolie-Osemene

8. Joint-military Task Force (JTF) intervention in the Niger Delta insurgency: A critical analysis by Damilohun D. Ayoyo and Temitope B. Oriola

Über Autor(innen)

Cyril Obi, African Peacebuilding Network (APN)

Temitope B. Oriola, University of Alberta, Canada