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Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil

by Nicholas Shaxson · 2007

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Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce over a billion dollars worth of oil, yet this rising tide of money is not promoting stability or development but instead is causing violence, poverty and stagnation. 'Poisoned Wells' exposes the root causes of this paradox of poverty from plenty.

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medium · 280 pages

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