How beautiful we were:

Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is 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 repara...

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1. Verfasser: Mbue, Imbolo 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Canongate 2022
Ausgabe:Paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is 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 are made - and broken. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But it will come at a steep price - one which generation after generation will have to pay. How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community's determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.
Beschreibung:Deutscher Titel: Wie schön wir waren ; Origninally published in 2021 by Random House
Beschreibung:364 Seiten
ISBN:9781838851378

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