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Jun 27, 2014 · Rufus, a young journalist, joins with his former hero, Zaq, whose journalistic heyday has passed, to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil executive and negotiate her release
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Aug 5, 2010 · Oil on Water. Helon Habila. Penguin Adult, Aug 5, 2010 - Fiction - 216 pages. From the desks of Nigeria s newsrooms, two journalists are recruited to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil engineer.
May 16, 2011 · In a story rich with atmosphere and taut with suspense, Oil on Water explores the conflict between idealism and cynical disillusionment in a journey full of danger and unintended consequences. As Rufus and Zaq navigate polluted rivers flanked by exploded and dormant oil wells, in search of “the white woman,” they must contend with the ...
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Oil on Water is a 2010 novel by Helon Habila, who originally worked as a journalist and poet in Nigeria. It follows two journalists, Rufus and Zaq, who investigate a kidnapping in the Niger Delta, a region ravaged by the oil industry and its conflicts.
“The new generation of twenty-first-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best.”—Emmanuel Dongala, Oil on Water, A Novel, Helon Habila, 9780393339642
Aug 1, 2010 · Oil on Water is a thriller set in the Niger Delta, where a British oil executive's wife is kidnapped and two journalists try to find her. The book explores the environmental and political conflicts in the region, as well as the challenges of journalism and morality.
In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists—a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq—are sent to find her.
