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May 16, 2011 · In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists―a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq―are sent to find her.
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- Helon Habila
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Oil on Water is a 2010 novel by Helon Habila, who originally worked as a journalist and poet in Nigeria. It follows two journalists, Rufus and Zaq, who investigate a kidnapping in the Niger Delta, a region ravaged by the oil industry and its conflicts.
Jun 27, 2014 · Rufus, a young journalist, joins with his former hero, Zaq, whose journalistic heyday has passed, to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil executive and negotiate her release
Aug 1, 2010 · Oil on Water is a fiction book that explores the conflict and corruption in the Nigerian Delta, where oil drilling has caused environmental and social problems. The novel follows two journalists who investigate the kidnapping of a British oil executive's wife and the impact of oil on the local people.
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Book Summary. In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists - a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq - are sent to find her.
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- Helon Habila
“The new generation of twenty-first-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best.”—Emmanuel Dongala, Oil on Water, A Novel, Helon Habila, 9780393339642
May 16, 2011 · In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists—a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq—are sent to find her.
- Helon Habila
