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Activities

POSTHUMOUS BIRTHDAY: 

Ken Saro-Wiwa was born in Bori; the traditional headquarters of the Ogoni ethnic nationality on the 10th of October 1941. The people of Ogoni and civil society groups have increasingly recognized this day (posthumously) to celebrate the person of Ken Saro-Wiwa. The KSWF will continue to work with different groups to promote the 10th October into a global event.

CANDLE NIGHT EVENTS:

The 9th November every year has been designated by the people (mainly musicians and artists) to carry out a social ‘ritual’ of lighting thousands of candles, to reflect on the life and works of Ken Saro-Wiwa as the light of the masses of the Ogoni ethnic nationality and the Niger Delta region. 

The Candle Events are also symbolic of the last night of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues.

The events usually hold at three locations namely;

  • Aggrey Road: The main street in the heart of old Port Harcourt City,
  • Bori: The main urban centre of the Ogoni people
  • Bane: The home town of Ken Saro-Wiwa

HEROES DAY:

Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight others were hanged on Friday the 10th of November 1995. The masses of Ogoni and the Niger Delta region has appropriated the 10th of November every year as HEROES DAY – the day that blood was sacrificed for the peoples of the oil bearing communities in Nigeria.

Thus, the 10th of November has become symbolic of the supreme sacrifice and commemoration of the activism that define the life and times of Ken Saro-Wiwa, therefore;

  • The KSWF affirm that both the Candle Night (9thNovember) and Heroes Day (10th November) belong to the people of the Ogoni ethnic nationality, the Niger Delta region and civil society groups that wish to regularly celebrate the legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa,
  • The KSWF continue to work with the people of Ogoni and civil society groups to maintain ‘ownership’ of both the Candle Night and Heroes Day.
  • The KSWF works with civil society groups, activists, journalists, etc. to use both the Candle Night and Heroes Day for the promotion of the works and ideologies of Ken Saro-Wiwa.