The socio-political dynamics of the Ogoni women's movement in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

Chapter 20 in Handbook of Resource Nationalism, 2026, pp 311-324 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Nigeria's resource nationalism policies fueled the evolution of social movements clamoring for local resource control and environmental justice. One of the non-violent social movements in Nigeria in the early 1990s is the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), which mobilized both local and international forces for local control of the oil resources located in Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region. Its female affiliated wing, the Federation of Ogoni Women Association (FOWA), played indelible roles in MOSOP. Yet, the literature has scantily explored the gendered nature of MOSOP. Using a feminist political ecology lens and field studies, this chapter interrogates the socio-political dynamics of FOWA within MOSOP. The Nigerian military government's repressive response to MOSOP shaped its current dynamic and that of FOWA. The case of FOWA illuminates the political, economic, and ecological issues that shape the evolution and trajectories of gendered social movements in resource-rich African states.

Keywords: Oil Politics; Resource Nationalist Movements; Women; Environmental Justice; Ogoni; Nigeria's Niger Delta; Niger Delta; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035333431
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