Ogoni people
Ethnic group in Niger Delta / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ogonis are a people in the Rivers South-East senatorial district of Rivers State, in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.[2][3] They number just over 2 million and live in a 1,050-square-kilometre (404-square-mile) homeland which they also refer to as Ogoniland. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta.
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Over 2,000,000 and lays claims to the single largest ethnic group in Rivers State Nigeria. 500,000 (1963 census). | |
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Nigeria | |
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Ogoni languages | |
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Traditional beliefs, Christianity | |
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Ibibio, Igbo, Ikwere, Ijaw, Efik, Ejagham, Bahumono, Annang, Oron |
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The Ogoni rose to international attention after a massive public protest campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), which is also a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO).