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Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil
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African Studies Review
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April 1, 2008
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Nicholas Shaxson, Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. viii + 280 pp. Notes. Index. $26.95. Cloth.
Nicholas Shaxson's Poisoned Wells is on an important topic - and carries an appealing title. But ultimately it is a contentious peep into the deceitful and often volatile political economy of oil-producing African countries, all ironically experiencing varying degrees of societal deprivations despite their oil riches. It takes a very controversial stance: that the control of Africa's oil is now effectively in the hands of their troubled and ruthless potentates, not the multinational oil companies previously believed to be the quintessential ...
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