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Everyday Life

Below is a documentation of some every day sights and activities in the south of Nigeria. These photos were taken in my hometown of Port Harcourt, my father’s village in Kono, and my mother’s village in Umuahia.

[npr]

For decades, Nigeria's Ogoniland region was the scene of massive oil extraction by Royal Dutch Shell and its Nigerian subsidiaries. Since then, a series of major oil spills have turned the region, which lies on the Niger Delta, into one of the world's largest environmental disaster areas.

But Ogoniland's musicians are not standing idly by; they're helping to create a new beginning. Their work has resonated with the community, showing how music can be a way forward for the region and its discontented youth.

Take young hip-hop artist MC Kay, who witnessed the impact of a devastating oil spill firsthand. MC Kay's father died young, leaving him to support the family as a fisherman. But the latest oil spill in 2009 took all that away. Consequently, he turned to music.

"I want to send a message on what is happening in my country that is affecting the poor people and affecting the youth," he says. "I cannot go to the government and tell them, but I can say this through the music and people will hear it."

Young Musicians Call For Change In Ogoniland, Nigeria

Photo: Banning Eyre/NPR Caption: Hip-hop artist MC Kay's song "January Money," about the compensation owed fishermen from a 2009 oil spill, spread throughout Ogoniland and resonated with his community.

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Groups kick against moves to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland

Groups kick against moves to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland

Ogoni community • Reject Proposed Saro-Wiwa’s Pardon The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and the Ogoni Oil Producing Communities Forum (OOPCF) have vowed to resist fresh attempts to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland without consultations with the natives. The groups also rejected the Federal Government’s proposed pardon to the late Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and other…

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Ogoni communities lack water, health facilities 1,000 days into cleanup

Ogoni communities lack water, health facilities 1,000 days into cleanup

After 1,000 days in which the Federal Government announced that it contracted 57 companies to cleanup Eleme, Tai, Gokana and Khana councils of Ogoni land mostly polluted by decades of oil spills, the communities still lack potable water and basic health facilities. The Federal Government had made the pronouncement on October 7, 2019, but 1,000 days into the cleanup exercise, most communities…

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Shell agrees to pay $111 million for oil spill in Nigeria, after decades

Shell agrees to pay $111 million for oil spill in Nigeria, after decades

After Decades, Oil Giant Shell Agrees to Pay $111 Million for oil spill in Nigeria “It has opened the floodgate for more communities in the Niger Delta to seek redress for the environmental monstrosity that has devastated them in the past 50 years.” File: Oil spill in Ogoniland, Nigeria. Following decades of protests and demands over the damage done, Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday finally agreed…

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FEC approves N6bn for water projects in Ogoniland

FEC approves N6bn for water projects in Ogoniland

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N6.04 billion for the provision of potable water in the four local government areas of Ogoniland. Continue reading

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Some Group of Elder Says Ogoni Cleanup Is A Sham

Some Group of Elder Says Ogoni Cleanup Is A Sham

Some group of elders in Ogoniland under the aegis of GBO KABAARI OGONI (Forum of Ogoni Elders and Leaders), has reacted to the ongoing cleanup exercise in the kingdom.

The group who categorically kicked against the work, describes it as a sham. 

The group said it was regrettable that the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project saddled with the responsibility of the cleanup had continued…

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