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This chapter outlines the evolution of BHR since the 1990s in three stages: the beginnings, the growth phase, and, finally, the time of consolidation. Before doing so, it touches on three significant precursors, which are often overlooked in more cursory historical accounts of the BHR movement. Those are the Nuremburg Trials, the activities of Western companies in apartheid South Africa, and the opposition of the local Ogoni population against oil extraction in Nigeria's Niger Delta. Furthermore, it outlines a number of BHR initiatives such as the UN Global Compact, the UN Draft Norms and the mandate of the UN Special Representative on BHR and its main product, the UN Guiding Principles on BHR (UNGPs).The chapter describes the evolution of BHR both as a movement and as an academic field.

This article investigates the presence of utopian elements in Ken Saro-Wiwa’s short story “Africa Kills Her Sun,” and the extent to which they dismantle an otherwise bleak commentary on the protagonist’s reality. Ernst Bloch’s notions of “pre-illumination,” “daydreaming,” and “not-yet” are employed as analytical tools in order to unravel the narrative’s utopian content.

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A Utopian Commentary on the Plight of Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s “Africa Kills Her Sun”

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A Utopian Commentary on the Plight of Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s “Africa Kills Her Sun”