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Kudirat Abiola was no ordinary mother. For the two years before her death, she campaigned tirelessly for the release of her husband Chief Moshood Abiola from solitary confinement in a Nigerian prison. His crime: declaring himself Nigeria's President in 1994 after leading the vote in the June 1993 elections. Instead, the country's military leader, General Sani Abacha, who had seized power shortly after the nullified elections, imprisoned Abiola and, quite possibly, ordered Kudirat's execution...
Luckily for supporters of Nigerian democracy, Hafsat Abiola is no ordinary daughter. With delicate microbraids that frame her high cheekbones, she is strikingly beautiful--and almost painfully soft-spoken. But when the 23-year-old takes to stages around the U.S., she transforms herself into a firebrand for African democracy. In the past month alone, she's spoken at the Mobil shareholders' meeting, lectured to black church leaders and led a vigil in front of the White House--all with the aim of raising U.S. support for the Nigerian pro-democracy movement. She's even struggling to fund...
DIED. GENERAL SANI ABACHA, 54, Nigerian dictator who wrested power in a 1993 coup and maintained his grip on Africa's most populous and oil-rich nation by canceling free elections and silencing critics through imprisonment or execution; from an apparent heart attack; in Abuja, Nigeria. Perhaps Abacha's most notorious act as President was hanging the playwright and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight associates accused of treason...
...evidence of this truly sad phenomenon, look no further than the Undergraduate Council of recent memory. The activists on the council have never failed to supply us with resolutions on subjects ranging from Nigerian oil, to Burmese students, to grape and strawberry pickers. But the council clothing drives or gift drives for the needy have invariably fizzled out with only a few people to staff them. Have you ever even heard of the "Pinch the Grinch Drive?" There is a reason...
DIED. FELA ANIKUPALO-KUTI, 58, confrontational father of Afro-Beat; after suffering from AIDS; in Lagos. Flamboyant and unapologetic--he married 27 women in one mass ceremony--Fela liked to strut about the stage clad only in briefs. He wielded his saxophone like a weapon, directing it against the Nigerian government in songs like V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power). His commitment involved more than just attitude: he was frequently arrested and in 1984 was imprisoned...