Political Science Resource

Political Science Resource

Political Science Resource

"The paradox of multinational petroleum production is that it generates great wealth while generating even greater poverty" - J. Timothy Hunt.

It has been over 13 years now since the execution of nine environmental activists by Nigeria's military dictatorship, but the story of these activists has not quietly faded into history. Among the dead was Ken Saro-Wiwa, an internationally-known writer and spokesperson for the Ogoni people, whose land in the Niger River delta had been devastated by oil extraction. His story and the battle against Royal Dutch/Shell continues on today, as the Niger delta remains hostage to some of the worst environmental degradation on the planet.