How beautiful we were
Mbue, Imbolo2021
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Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, 'How Beautiful We Were' tells 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 to the villagers are made - and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest only. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But their fight will come at a steep price, one which generation after generation will have to pay.
Main title:
How beautiful we were / Imbolo Mbue.
Author:
Mbue, Imbolo, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2021.
Collation:
364 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781838851347 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1180479