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#PeoplesHistory | š³š¬ Since 1993, in Nigeria, 4 January is observed as the Ogoni Day to remember the Ogoni peopleās peaceful struggle against discrimination, suppression and the destruction of their environment and livelihoods by oil companies and the Nigerian government. 
On 4 January 1993, some 300,000 Ogoni people peacefully protested against Shellās activities in the Niger Delta and the environmental destruction of Ogoniland.
In 1990, Ken Saro-Wiwa founded the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), a massābased social movement organization of the indigenous Ogoni people of Central Niger Delta.
