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Delta on Fire: Nigerian Women's Resistance
March 15, 2000
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Until May, 1999 the oil rich North African country Nigeria was ruled by dictatorship. Throughout about thirty years of brutal military rule, the Nigerian government violently suppressed opposition, sometimes at the behest of oil companies. Now the dictatorship is out but the Nigerian military continues to reign supreme.
On this special program from the National Radio Project's Women's Desk, we take a look at Nigeria's women and how the operations of multinational companies have affected their lives and livelihoods.
Featuring:
Esther Elenwa of the Egi Women's movement; Grace Ikanum, a leader of the women's movement in Eket; Annie Brisibe, program officer, Niger Delta Wetlands Center (NDWC); Joi Yowika, Nigerian attorney and member of the minority Ogoni ethnic group; Gloria Monn, director, Grassroots Development Organization.
For more information:
Niger Delta Wetlands Center (NDWC)
Pob 100 Elelenno Street
GRA Phase/ Port Harcourt
Nigeria
+234-084-234042
Sanka Chambers
Orosi House (2nd floor)
28 Forces Avenue, Old G.R.A.
P.O. Box 371
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
+011-234-084-236050
NGO Coalition on the Environment (NGOCE)
18 Orok Ita, Big Qua Town
P.O. Box 2839 Calabar, CRS Nigeria
tel/fax: +011-234-87-230681; cash@unical.anpa.net.ng
Environmental Rights Action
214 Uselu-Lagos Road
Benin City, Nigeria
+011-234-52-600-165; eraction@infoweb.abs.net