Africa ; Crude Continent the Struggle for Africa's Oil Prize - Clarke, Duncan (Profile Books, 2010)
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Discovering Africa; Part 2 Struggles for Africa's oil bounty; Part 3 Guardians and Great Powers; Part 4 Corporate quest for crude; Part 5 Africa's oil locomotive; Epilogue; Appendix: Selected abbreviations, companies and measures; Notes; Index; Photo Credits
Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa?s flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent?s history. A definitive yet original account of the rush for Africa?s oil, this is also a guide to the hidden face of Africa. Duncan Clarke begins by placing African oil issues in their historical context before tackling the issues of power, nationalism and different parties? strategies for control that have led to today?s oil scene. This book is the ultimate re