Where Vultures Feast: Shell, Human Rights, and Oil in the Niger Delta

Okonta, Ike (Author)

ISBN 10: 1578050464 / ISBN 13: 9781578050468

Published by University of California Press, 2001

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267 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where Vultures Feast: Shell, Human Rights, and Oil in the Niger Delta
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578050464
• ISBN 13: 9781578050468
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.57 kilograms

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Synopsis

Since Royal Dutch Shell first struck oil in the Niger Delta in 1956, the environment and economy of the country have been in steady decline. The authors, a Nigerian journalist and lawyer, document the Nigerian people's struggle against the exploitation and destruction of their land and culture by Royal Dutch Shell and a series of corrupt Nigerian governments. Okonto was part of the editorial team that founded Tempo , an underground newspaper in Nigeria. He is presently at St. Peter's College, England. Douglas is Nigeria's leading environmental human rights lawyer. He is deputy director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth in Nigeria. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Ike Okonta is a scholar currently working at Oxford University. Oronto Douglas is a former attorney for the late Ken Saro-Wiwa.