“Into the heart of the Niger Delta oil war” – Michael Peel, The Financial Times.
“A Swamp Full of Dollars by Michael Peel” – John Vidal, The Guardian.
“A Swamp Full of Dollars” – michaelpeel.co.uk
I’m currently reading Michael Peel’s book – ‘A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria’s Oil Frontier’. Michael is the legal correspondent for the Financial Times and use to be its West Africa correspondent. I worked with him in October on an investigation into a secret Metropolitan Police picture database of protesters.
The book looks at the impact of the oil industry on Nigeria – corruption, violence, environmental disaster, chaos and big oil – from British colonialism to globalization.
What more could you want to read about over the Christmas break?
Tags: Africa Big Oil Book Chaos Colonialism Corruption Environmental Disaster Financial Times Globalization Michael Peel Niegeria Oil Paramilitaries Piplines Violence
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