Ogoni women's activism : the transnational struggle for justice against big oil and the state / Domale Dube Keys.
| Author/creator | Keys, Domale Dube author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2025. |
| Description | 200 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "In 1995, Nigeria's dictatorial government executed nine Ogoni leaders fighting for civil rights and against Shell Oil's depredations of Ogoni land. Domale Dube Keys draws on interviews and participant observation to tell the long-ignored story of how women carved out a role in the Ogoni pursuit of justice. Keys's account examines and documents the issues that drew women into the movement, from concerns for themselves and their communities to grander visions for the Ogoni. As she shows, these issues not only influenced organizing in Nigeria but also the diaspora in general and the United States in particular. Ogoni women relied upon nonviolent protest to realize their aims. Keys looks at their campaigns and how their actions reflected their concerns, values, interests, and priorities. The result is a rare account of Black women and transnational organizing for women's, climate, and environmental justice that merges a history of their involvement with an in-depth analysis of the racial, gender, and ethnic dimensions of the Ogoni Struggle"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Keys, Domale Dube. Ogoni women's activism Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2025 9780252047855 |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780252047855 |
| LCCN | 2024046639 |
| ISBN | 9780252088650 |
| ISBN | 9780252046544 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0252046544 |
| ISBN | 0252088654 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |