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Ken Saro-Wiwa

Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995)

  • Fame57.5
  • Momentum10.5
  • Nigeria rank#94
Source-basedStable
  • Fame57.5
  • Momentum10.5
  • Nigeria rank#94
  • Activists rank#98
  • Wikipedia7.6K
Lived 1941–1995, aged 54Nigeria
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  • Wikipedia
    43 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Nigeria
    #94
    Activists
  • Era
    1941–1995
    Aged 54
  • Known for
    I Am More Dangerous Dead
    2023
Summary
Updated 2026-06-11

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, teacher, television producer, and social rights activist. He was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in the Niger Delta whose homeland, Ogoniland, has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and has suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of indiscriminate petroleum waste dumping.

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Fame
Stable
57.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum10.5
Historical23.7
Now attention32.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#94
Category rank
#98
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