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300 Ogoni PLWDs are being trained in 5 skills.
Today, 120 beneficiaries are graduating from their training in photography and fashion design. They will receive starter packs, including sewing machines, cameras, and mobility aids. #Ogonicleanup
Commemoration of 10 years of @HYPREPNigeria and #Ogonicleanup today. The two-phased event is taking place at Patrick Waterside, Bodo, and the Centre of Excellence Wiiyakara. Follow us, or tweet with the hashtags #HYPREP #Ogonicleanup and #HYPREP10 for updates. #Ogoni
Thank you @ikhide. Knew you as Pa Ikhide. We go online searching for key words about our tribe, and share them with our Ogoni community. Thank you for sharing this. The future won’t forget you.
Facebook Diary. April 30, 2017. Dawn. Woke up thinking of the late writer Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. Not sure why, we were never personal friends. I have fond memories of him. Which is interesting; met him once in Abeokuta. And memories of the short interaction stayed with me. He came across as soft-spoken, thoughtful and quiet fun, He didn't judge me openly or publicly but I got a sense he was uncomfortable with my approach to things literary and political. Every now and then if he was exercised about something I said he would reach out to me via Facebook Messenger and we would talk about it. He was exceedingly more knowledgeable than myself on the matters he wanted to talk about and just as patient. I was always taken by his even temperament. Ken joined our ancestors on October 21, 2016.
And so today, I reached into my inbox to access our chats. I can't find them. I tried to find him on Facebook, he is not there. His estate may have taken down his account. Too bad. Talk about burning down a library. Which brings me to this really troublesome point. A Facebook account is usually the sum total of interactions of many participants. What happens to all those interactions when someone decides to delete or take down their account? What are the legal and moral obligations to the community of the account owners? Should my estate have the right to take down my social media accounts even though I operate them as if I am writing and reading a book to the audience? What happens to the contributions of the active participants on my wall and timelines?
Questions. Those who worry about the unreliability of the Internet and social media may be on to something. I did lose three years of weekly columns, writing for NEXT. I lost some more writing for another rag that closed down. I have the drafts but not the final copies. Huge losses. Another question I have: What are the ethics of pulling down an essay or piece after it has been published? You couldn't do that if it was in a physical book or magazine. This writing life. Thoughts?
I miss you, Ken.
Ikhide R. Ikheloa, April 30, 2017
Training and documentary production at Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Park. Thank you, @NnimmoB, for creating opportunities for young people to learn.
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CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF TO COMMISSION REMODELLED COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL IN OGONI
The remodelled and fully re-equipped Community Secondary School, Luusue-Sogho, is set to be commissioned on Sunday, July 5, 2026, in a landmark event expected to attract top military and
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Tagged mangrove at the Ogoni Mangrove Wetland, a Ramsar site recognised by the @RamsarConv. Tagged mangroves are usually used for monitoring. @HYPREPNigeria is restoring mangroves in the remediated wetland of Ogoni after decades of hydrocarbon pollution.
Random shots from #Ogoni
#Happynewweek #Mondaymotivation #Amen @medlyn_kobo @OgonilandX @Ogoni_gal @GreatOgoni
Drummers inspired by Ken Saro-Wiwa’s ‘Dance the Guns to Silence’ performing in front of Ken’s office at Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt, 30 years after he was killed by the Nigerian government. #Music #ArtandActivism
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The Legacy Of Ken Saro-Wiwa 🇳🇬
Click On The Link Below To Watch The Video ⬇️
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We followed the mangrove monitors from @HYPREPNigeria to some of the restored mangrove sites and we captured some scenes. Here is our story. Every event here took place in the #Ogonimangrovewetland Ramsar site. @RamsarConv
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For Niyi Osundare, Frank Chipasula, Odia Ofeimun, Jack Mapanje, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and the rest of our elders
Can you see, poets,
how this land buries the light
of hope?
Can you hear the cries of the dying,
the prayers of mothers burying
their dead children in shallow graves?
Today, grief inhales the last air
in a country where blood mixes with water, water with tears, tears with
blood and water. I have arrived here to mourn the passing of the future.
Elders, what future awaits
the children in a country where
bullets replace birds in the sky? In the aches of those who remain, in the
silence of those who bury their dead, I can see a mother count on her
fingers the number of abducted children. I can hear the sound
of sorrow in the heart of a father
consoling a mother whose only child
is missing after a shooting. What kind
of a country gifts us burial shrouds
to gift our children? Here, children die
before their mothers. Mothers fold
burial shrouds, keep them inside
boxes to be used as coffins for
children who die before dawn. Fathers pray for a land bereft of
graves. But graves are familiar places here. Graves here do not
discriminate. They are for all of us
who will someday succumb
to death through our country's
failure to keep us safe.
(RMG)