قبل از اینکه دار زده شوم: کن سارو-ویوا، ادبیات، سیاست و نافرمانی

"This is a full-length study of Kenule Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni Minority and Human Rights activist who was judicially murdered on November 10, 1995. One remarkable feature of the essays selected for this volume is the intensity of each contributor's voice to the very controversial man whose judicial murder has come to signify the extent of misrule in Nigeria.". "Questions of nationhood, ethnic minority and power politics in Nigeria are discussed as each contributor examines the corpus of his literary and political ideas, pointing out the direction of his thought and the enduring contribution this writer and social critics have left behind on Nigeria's literary and political arenas."--BOOK JACKET. Introduction.-- The Testament Of A Penful Prisoner: Ken Saro-wiwa's Literary Dialogue With The Prison / Obododimma Oha.-- The Socio-political Dimensions Of Ken Saro-wiwa's Activism / Solomon Odiri Ejeke.-- Ken Saro-wiwa's Sozaboy And The Logic Of Minority Discourse / Harry Garuba.-- Ken Saro-wiwa And The Trajectory Of Minority Predicament In Nigeria / Oshita O. Oshita.-- Social Conscience, Aesthetic Purpose And The Dissenting Temper In The Farcical Plays Of Ken Saro-wiwa / Imo Ben Eshiet.-- The Gift Of Voice: Ken Saro-wiwa's Prisoners Of Jebs As A Political Discourse / Amen Ahunuwangho.--aspect Of Language In Ken Saro-wiwa's Sozaboy: A Novel In Rotten English / David Eka.-- A Metaphor Of The Nigerian Situation: A Socio-political Reading Of Ken Saro-wiwa's Prisoners Of Jebs / Francis Unimna Angrey.-- On A Darkling Plain: The Darksome Lyric Of An Outsider / Azubike Iieoje.-- The Female Narrative And Ken Saro-wiwa's Discourse On Change In A Forest Of Flowers / Grace Eche Okereke.-- Ethnic Minorities And The Nigerian State: The Ogoni Struggle After Ken Saro-wiwa / Felix Akpan.-- Direct Involvement And Personal Emotionalism: The War Poetry Of Ken Saro-wiwa / Innocent C.k. Eyinnaya.-- Ken Saro-wiwa: Poetic Craft, Prophetic Calling / Titi Adepitan.-- The Fictionalist As A Journalist: Literary Reportage In Ken Saro-wiwa's Sozaboy And A Forest Of Flowers / Diri I. Telilanyo.-- The Fear Of Colonization: Reading Ken Saro-wiwa's Political Thoughts In Nigeria's Political Public / Onookome Okome. Edited By Onookome Okome. Includes Bibliographical References. This is an extensive study of Kenule Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni Minority and Human Rights activist who was judicially murdered in 1995. Questions of nationhood, ethnic minority and power politics in Nigeria are discussed in a collection of essays that examine the corpus of his literary and political ideas, pointing out the direction of his thought and the enduring contribution that Sara-Wiwa made to Nigeria's literary and political arenas.