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Ken Saro-Wiwa memorial art bus denied entry to Nigeria
2015-11-05 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A sculpture created as a memorial to Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists has been denied entry to Nigeria, where it had been sent as a gift to mark the 20th anniversary of their execution by the military government. Customs officials impounded Sokari Douglas Camps sculpture, in the form of a steel bus, when it arrived at Lagos port on 8 September, on grounds of its political value. Leaflets and reports sent by courier to commemorate Saro-Wiwas life and death were...
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