The Unfinished Revolution in Nigeria's Niger Delta

Prospects for Environmental Justice and Peace
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-59016-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 284 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa

The 1990s heralded waves of spectacular forms of local resistance and globalized protest against oil exploitation and environmental pollution in oil-producing regions of the developing world. One of the most spectacular local uprisings against global oil multinationals was led by the Ogoni people who were protesting against the exploitation and marginalization of oil-producing ethnic minority communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. However, the hanging on November 10, 1995 of nine Ogoni ethnic minority and environmental justice activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, only served to exacerbate protests in later years. Within a decade, dozens of locally rooted insurgent groups emerged in the Niger Delta and construed themselves as part of the social movement for ethnic minority rights and environmental justice which dates back to colonial times. However, the trajectory of the revolutionary momentum has changed over time, reflecting a mix of progressive, opportunistic and retrogressive trends.

This book provides a critical study of the trajectory of struggles in the Niger Delta since 1995, paying attention to continuities and changes, including recent developments linked to the shift from local resistance, to the rupturing of the Presidential Amnesty peace deal (largely to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) and the resurgence low-intensity sporadic armed militancy—led by the Niger Delta Avengers militia among others. The contributors critically interrogate the nature of the region’s political economy, socio-economic trends and trajectories over the past two decades. This collection also accentuates the lessons learnt, prospects for self-determination, socio-economic and environmental justice and peace in the aftermath of the hanging.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Obi, Cyril

Oriola, Temitope

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: the unfinished revolution—the Niger Delta struggle since 1995.

Cyril Obi and Temitope B. Oriola

Chapter 2. MOSOP since 1995: somewhere between hope and despair?

Kialee Nyiayaana

Chapter 3. The Urhobo militant movements and the contentious Ijaw domination of the Niger Delta struggle.

Samuel Oyewole

Chapter 4. A critique of the Joint-Military Task Force (JTF) deployment in the Niger Delta.

Damilohun D. Ayoyo and Temitope B. Oriola

Chapter 5. Presidential Amnesty and resource control militancy in a petro-state.

Mitterand M. Okorie

Chapter 6. Comparing socioeconomic and human development in Nigeria and other oil-producing countries.

Aderoju Oyefusi

Chapter 7. From peaceful to non-peaceful protests: the trajectory of women's movements in the Niger Delta.

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

Chapter 8. The resurgence of militant groups in the Niger Delta: a study of security threats and the prospects for peace in Nigeria.

Chibuzor Chile Nwobueze and James Okolie-Osemene

Chapter 9. The framing strategies of the Niger Delta Avengers.

Temitope B. Oriola and Ibikunle Adeakin

Über Autor(innen)

Cyril Obi, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA.

Temitope B. Oriola, University of Alberta, Canada.