In July of 2002, the women of the village of Ugborodo in Nigeria took over the neighboring Chevron/Texaco oil terminal demanding electricity, roads, schools, hospitals and a more equitable distribution of the wealth from the oil extracted from their country by the multi-national corporation. The weapon they used to gain access to the terminal was the threat to disrobe which is a huge insult in their culture. I wrote this song based on a story I read in the New York Times. Included are links to stories about the takeover.

The Women Are Coming: listen / lyrics
 

Niger Delta Women Protesting the Misbehavior of Oil Companies ...
... old protest for jobs, electricity and development in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. ... About
600 women from two nearby communities are holding ChevronTexaco's ...
 

Women Occupy Chevron/Texaco Facilities in the Niger Delta. ...
... officials and representatives of the Ijaw women met at ... 400,000 barrels of oil per
day from the Niger Delta. ... local and national authorities in Nigeria," said Dr ...
 

womensrightswatch-nigeria : WomensRightsWatch-Nigeria> CHEVRON ...
... The angry women are protesting the virtual lack of ... Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL ... from their children in the Niger Delta is a sad ...

Jans List:The Power of Peaceful Protest -- women in Nigeria and ...
... of an oil terminal in Escravos, Nigeria, told the ... oil sites are common in the oil-rich
Niger Delta. ... But the all-women protest stunned the corporation and, in ...

Nigerian groups protest dangerous World Bank/Shell partnership
... SEA), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State The Concerned Ilaje Citizen (CIC), Warri Watch the Niger
Delta (WAND), Ahoada, Rivers State Women In Nigeria (WIN), Port ...

Escarvos Protest
... Clan and other communities in the Niger Delta continue the ... s flow stations in Nigeriaâ?*s
Delta State. ... Imo, Osun and other parts of Nigeria here everyday ...

... learn that the women's peaceful protest is being ... Association, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,
Nigeria Sokari Ekine ... Carayan & Oshezia Baye, Niger Delta Women for Justice ...

Nigerian women take on oil corporation - and win
... 700 workers hostage in a southeast Nigeria oil terminal. ... to kidnapping in the oil-rich
Niger Delta, but the peaceful, all-women protest was unprecedented. ...