How beautiful we were /
Mbue, Imbolo
How beautiful we were / Imbolo Mbue. - 364 sidor 20 cm
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations are made - and broken. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But it will come at a steep price - one which generation after generation will have to pay. How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community's determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.[Bokinfo]
9781838851378
Miljf̲r̲str̲ing
Amerikaner i utlandet
Oljeindustri
Oljeutslp̃p
Miljk̲atastrofer
Protestrr̲elser
Oil spills
Environmental degradation
Environmental disasters
Protest movements
Petroleum industry and trade
Afrika
Romaner
813.6
How beautiful we were / Imbolo Mbue. - 364 sidor 20 cm
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations are made - and broken. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But it will come at a steep price - one which generation after generation will have to pay. How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community's determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.[Bokinfo]
9781838851378
Miljf̲r̲str̲ing
Amerikaner i utlandet
Oljeindustri
Oljeutslp̃p
Miljk̲atastrofer
Protestrr̲elser
Oil spills
Environmental degradation
Environmental disasters
Protest movements
Petroleum industry and trade
Afrika
Romaner
813.6