ABSTRACT
This chapter transcends meta-narratives by focusing on the ideational factors and micro-mobilisation activities of activists to understand the emergence of the conflict. A fuller account of the emergence of the Ogoni conflict needs the benefit of what the Ogoni actors did to move from conditions of grievances to action. The chapter endeavours to shed some light on these activities. It employs framing as an analytical tool to explore the interpretive work activists executed in the process of mobilising contention. The chapter seeks to highlight the self-directed or local frames, without ignoring the global frames, the Ogoni employed to galvanise mobilisation. As a result, it suggests that theoretical attention to both local and global, and otherworldly frames used by the movement provide deeper understanding of the role of framing in the conflict. The chapter seeks to fill the gap and contribute to the literature by highlighting the often neglect interpretive work that shaped the Ogoni movement.
