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November 10 remembrance events in Toronto
Mosop(Canada)Remembers Ogoni heroes.
Activities
November 9.
.Church Service at Bloor Street United Church,300 Bloor street
West, Toronto.
November 10.
1 .BOYCOTT SHELL protest at Shell Gas Station.Time 10a.m.
Protest to be led by a Federation of Ogoni Women Association
representative visiting from Ogoni and a prominent civil rights
activist from the oil-bearing Niger Delta of Nigeria-Mr
Oronto-Douglas.Oronto Douglas is also the spokesperson for the Chicoco
Movement of the Niger Delta.
2 .THE KEN SARO-WIWA Concert for Justice.
Musicians and artists will come together for a special benefit
concert in toronto in remembrance of ken saro-wiwa,the Ogoni writer
and activist murdered by the Nigerian Military dictatorship on November 10th,
1995.The concert coincides with protests being held in Ogoni, the Niger
Delta and around the world in support of the Ogoni people.The concert is
co-sponsored by the The Body Shop Canada and Greenpeace Canada with
additional support from Canada Airlines.Six Bands will feature. Writer
Alberto Manguel and Ugandan actor George Seremba will read selections
from Ken's writings.Tickets--$25.00
3 Special opening of The Mosop Website.
Mosop Canada joins other Ogonis to thank all the individuals and
organisations who are making this remembrance events possible.
The Struggle Surely Continues.
Owens Wiwa