Ogoni
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See also: ogoni
English
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]Ogoni (plural Ogonis or Ogoni)
- A member of an ethnic group from southeastern Nigeria, famous for their fight against oil industry exploitation.
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[edit]Ogoni
Adjective
[edit]Ogoni (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Ogoni people.
- 2007, Teju Cole, Every Day is for the Thief, Faber & Faber (2015), page 134:
- —Oh yes. He’s a good man. Very hardworking, and conscientious. He’s Ogoni, you know.
—That, I didn’t know. Those people have suffered. All that oil wealth, and they don’t see a penny of it. Nigeria has been rough on them.