Re: anti-oil-activities in Germany

[The Africa Fund <africafund@igc.apc.org>]

  We are slowing working on creating a list of organizations, churches,
  individuals, etc. who are working on Nigeria. Can you provide us with names,
  addresses, e-mail addresses of people in Germany, especially those who
  signed this statement?
  
  Thanks.
  
  Richard Knight
  The Africa Fund
  17 John Street
  New York, NY 10038 USA
  Tel: (212) 962-1210
  Fax: (212) 964-8570
  E-mail: africafund@igc.apc.org
  
  
  
  At 08:04 AM 9/19/97 -0400, AKNigeria@aol.com wrote:
  >Dear friends,
  >
  >The "Arbeitskreis Nigeria / Aktion Ogoni Hamburg" as well as the organizers
  >of Germany's 1997 Ken Saro-Wiwa Week call for a participation of German
  >groups to participate in the 100 days campaign against oil consumption.
  >
  >We are proposing a national day of action on November 8, motto: "Die Welt
  >erstickt am Oel" (The world suffocates from oil). The groups tackling the
  >Nigeria issue should join in picketing at Shell stations all over the country
  >during morning hours. Other groups could join with activities concerning
  >their respective targets. For the afternoon of that day we're calling for a
  >national protest rally in Hamburg marching to the seat of the German
  >Association of the Oil Industry.
  >
  >Our activities will be part of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Week that will be
  >centered in Hamburg this year. It is organized together with us by MOSOP,
  >"The Nigerian Common Cause" and the "United Democratic Front of
  >Nigeria"/German section.
  >
  >The schedule at the moment is the following:
  >
  >Thursday, Nov. 6: "Does Nigeria Face Another Civil War?", Discussion
  >Friday, Nov., 7: Literary evening and theatre performance
  >Saturday, Nov. 8: National day of action "The World Suffocates from Oil"
  >morning: Nigeria activists picket at Shell stations
  >afternoon: protest rally "The World Suffocates from Oil" through downtown
  >Hamburg
  >evening: concert for solidarity with the struggles of the Ogoni and Nigerian
  >democrats
  >Sunday, Nov.9: German-African memorial service for the Ogoni Nine
  >Monday, Nov.10: "Nigeria Two Years After", addresses by Olisa Agbakoba (CLO)
  >and Bariture Kpuinen (MOSOP) plus "Can the Truth be Purchased? - Shell,
  >Nigeria and the German Press", discussion
  >
  >The Ken Saro Wiwa Week is supported by:
  >Afrika-Initiative, Hannover
  >Aktionsbuendnis Nigeria, Berlin
  >Buendnis 90/DIE GRUeNEN - LAG Frieden und Internat. Politik Hamburg
  >Gesellschaft fuer bedrohte Voelker (Society for Threatened Peoples)
  >Hamburger Stiftung fuer politisch Verfolgte
  >Initiative Pro-Afrika e.V.
  >MediaWatch (Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung/Dritte-Welt-Journalisten-Netz)
  >Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) - German Section
  >
  >Thomas Moesch, Arbeitskreis Nigeria Hamburg
  >
  >