Bori, Nigeria
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Bori is a city in Khana
Khana
Khana was an Indian poetess and legendary astrologist, who composed in medieval Bengali between the ninth and 12th centuries AD...

 Local Government Area, Rivers State
Rivers State
Rivers State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. Its capital is Port Harcourt. It is bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North by Imo, Abia and Anambra States, to the East by Akwa Ibom State and to the West by Bayelsa and Delta states...

, southern Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. It is the birthplace of executed author Ken Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro Wiwa was a Nigerian author, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize...

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Bori is the traditional headquarters of the Ogoni people,
Bori serves as a commercial centre for the Ogoni, Andoni, Opobo
Annang and other ethnic nationalities of the Niger Delta Benue
Congo. Bori is the host of the Rivers State Polytechnic
Rivers State Polytechnic
Rivers State Polytechnic is a tertiary learning institution in Bori, Khana Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. It has two campuses, one for the School of Management Sciences and the other for the School of Engineering....

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The Bori Urban Area has many adjoined communities including
the Brave Bua Kaani. The Kaani people built and donated the first
community secondary school in Nigeria to the Government of the Old
Rivers State of Nigeria.
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