They killed him to silence him. His words outlived the bullets.
A poetic tribute to writer, poet and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed alongside eight other activists for opposing the environmental damage done in their oil-rich homeland, Ogoni.
Direction
Uchibeke crafts elegy as weapon — poetry against erasure.
Editing
Archive footage woven like testimony, not nostalgia.
Writing
Saro-Wiwa's own words, finally given the platform they died for.
Director
Majiye Uchibeke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ken Saro-Wiwa was also a celebrated novelist and children's book author — his activism emerged from storytelling, not despite it.
The 'Ogoni Nine' were executed in 1995 despite international outcry; Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth. The oil extraction Saro-Wiwa died protesting continues.
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