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Author: Domale Keys

Domale Keys is an assistant professor in the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Virginia. Her book, For Our Survival, is forthcoming with the University of Illinois Press. Her work on Black women’s transnational organizing, nonviolent resistance, sexual violence and environmental activism is published in various journals.
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Ogoni Women’s Climate Justice Was Decades Ahead of Today’s Debates

Domale Keys

The story of the Ogoni women of Southern Nigeria makes the term “climate change” seem nonsensical. The climate didn’t simply change—someone altered it.

In 1993, Ogoni women in Nigeria launched a movement to defy Shell Oil and protect their community from pollution. Their dedication inspired new generations of Indigenous climate justice activists.

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