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Art, Literature and Environmental Justice at the British Library

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Time 18:30
Date 05/02/16
Price £8

A topical panel discussion on the role of arts in the fight for environmental justice in West Africa and beyond. Featuring writer Helon Habila and artist Sokari Douglas Camp, and more.

Just over twenty years ago writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists were executed by the Nigerian military government for their campaign against the exploitation of the Niger Delta by Shell. A panel of writer Helon Habila, artists Sokari Douglas Camp and Michael McMillan, designer Jon Daniel and artist-campaigner Suzanne Dhaliwal discuss the role of the arts in the fight for environmental justice in West Africa and beyond. The event is chaired by curator David A Bailey, MBE.

In association with Platform London.

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