The drilling fields /
The Niger Delta, home to six million people, has been exploited for its oil resources for over 30 years. The Ogoni people who live there have become dissatisfied with the resulting pollution and the military government that ignored them. But in 1993 the inhabitants of the Delta began an internationa...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
1994.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The Niger Delta, home to six million people, has been exploited for its oil resources for over 30 years. The Ogoni people who live there have become dissatisfied with the resulting pollution and the military government that ignored them. But in 1993 the inhabitants of the Delta began an international campaign against the ruling government and the oil companies that were taking over their land, Ogoni villages were destroyed and their leader Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed March 4, 2015). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (49 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 00:49:11 |