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Witness History, Witness History, The Death of Dele Giwa

Witness History

Witness History

The Death of Dele Giwa


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October 26, 2017

10 minutes

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An eyewitness to the assassination of the campaigning Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa. He was murdered in Lagos in 1986 while the country was under military rule.In October 1986, Dele Giwa was the founder of the investigative magazine Newswatch. In 2014, Alex Last spoke to his friend and colleague, Kayode Soyinka, who was with him when he died.

Photo: Dele Giwa

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