Gokana kingdom

Gokana kingdom is one of the six kingdoms of the Ogoni people in Ogoni (also Ogoniland) in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. "Gokana kingdom" has geographic, historic and ethno-linguistic elements with some 130,000 Gokana language speakers located in the Gokana Local Government Area in Rivers State. Gokana contains a number of villages, including Lewe, B. Dere, K. Dere, Kpor, Mogbo, Bomu, Kibangha, Nwe-ol, Alli D. Bera, Boghor, Barako and Yeghe.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Osha, Sanya (2006). "Birth of the Ogoni Protest Movement". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 41 (1-2): 13–38. doi:10.1177/0021909606061746. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  2. ↑ Earlier version of same article.Osha, Sanya (2005). "Birth of the Ogoni Protest Movement" (pdf). Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

Further reading

  • Saro-Wiwa, Ken, Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy, Saros (1992), ISBN 978-1-870716-22-2.
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