Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting
it hadn't seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with
the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing
technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the
scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the
nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. But what does
this giddy new oil boom mean--for America, for the world, for
Africans themselves?
John Ghazvinian traveled through twelve African countries--from
Sudan to Congo to Angola--talking to warlords, industry executives,
bandits, activists, priests, missionaries, oil-rig workers,
scientists, and ordinary people whose lives have been
transformed--not necessarily for the better--by the riches beneath
their feet. The result is a high-octane narrative that reveals the
challenges, obstacles, reasons for despair, and reasons for hope
emerging from the world's newest energy hot spot.
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