Ken Saro-Wiwa’s wife, Maria, passes on at 73

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Her daughter, Noo Saro-Wiwa, who announced her passing in a Facebook post on Wednesday, said she died on January 16.

Noo, author and journalist, paid glowing tribute to her mother whom she said was married in 1966 to the late Saro-Wiwa, “and with him began a journey that saw them escape the civil war by canoe”.

“Yet she learned to adapt, creating a stable home life for her children despite all the tumult that came with being the wife of Ken Saro-Wiwa. She raised five children – three boys and two girls – ferrying us to schools in various counties, sewing nametags on our clothes, and watching our endless music concerts and sports matches. In our younger days she would make delicious apple crumbles and dance with us to “Ring My Bell”.

“When my father was falsely accused of inciting the murder of four Ogoni chiefs , she shielded my sister Zina and I from the fallout so that we could enjoy our last two years of school.

 

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