A challenge for peace in the disputed region of Warri. The author looks at the conflict between three ethnic groups and the oil revenues, employment and cultural dominance. Provides an analysis of how a peace can be formulated and resolved. Index, apps, maps, 235pp. SPECTRUM BOOKS LTD, 9780293701

2002 Paperback

A major policy challenge for the USA following 9/11 has been to reduce its dependence on Middle Eastern oil. It is likely Africa's share of US oil imports will rise dramatically over the next few years. Nigeria is believed to have more than 30 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, mostly in the Niger Delta areas. Despite this huge reserve however, crude supplies from the country remains at best erratic largely because of conflicts, violence and the rise of ethnic militias in the oil-producing areas of the country. The book explores the causes, sources and dynamics of the conflicts between the oil-bearing communities and oil companies in Nigeria. Taking its point of departure from the social interaction paradigm, it argues that the conflicts in the Niger Delta are embedded in the triangular relationship between the government, the oil companies and the host communities. Index, bib, 239pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY PUBLISHERS.

Reissue of the newspaper columns written in the 1970s and 1980s on the subject. The Ogoni people living in the Niger delta face extinction as their environment is destroyed through the activities of oil companies. Illustrated. 103pp, NIGERIA. SAROS.

Critically explores the oil conflict in Nigeria, its evolution, dynamics and most significantly, the interplay and consequences of high stake politics for the reproduction and persistence of the conflict. It presents a conceptual anatomy of state-oil industry-society relations and demon-strates how the embedded material interests and accumulation patterns of different stakeholders underlie, shape and complicate both the oil conflict and security. 218pp, UK. ASHGATE PUBLISHERS.

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria had a long standing history of crises even before the late Ken Saro-Wiwa helped to bring these crises to the attention of the world. The international community increasingly needs Nigerian oil largely because of the political dislocations and uncertainties in some of the major oil-producing regions of the world. But unfortunately the crises in the Niger Delta, which produces most of Nigeria's oil, have also been escalating to alarming proportions, often turning the region into a site of ongoing uncertainty and conflict. Index, bib, 193pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY.

Argues that the recent resource crisis in the Niger Delta is caused by poor division of resources, underdevelopment, and mismanagement. The failure of the young democracy would have a vehement effect in the country and in Africa as a whole. The government has to consolidate its democracy, uphold unity and sovereignty. To secure democracy it will need support from the Nigerians themselves, the multinational oil companies and the international world. Bib, maps, 359pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

On 10th November 1995, the Nigerian government executed activist and author Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni. Their deaths brought the plight of their people and the role of British oil companies in Nigeria to the world's attention. This book explores what has happened since Saro-Wiwa's death. It includes previously never used interview material with the executed writer and recently released Foreign Office documents. The book tracks the scandals that the oil companies have been embroiled in, including collusion with the military, corruption and tax evasion. It argues that oil exploitation is just the latest example of colonial exploitation that dates back to the days of slavery. A decade later, the region could ignite once more. Index, bib, maps, tables, 306pp, UK. CONSTABLE.

A textbook which explains the laws surrounding the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Also includes lists of further reading. Index, notes, xiii, 209pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780231331

2003 DELAY Paperback

A comprehensive study offering an overview of conflicts between oil companies and village communities in Nigeria. Also presents a wide range of background data including statistical tables. Index, bib, notes, diags, maps, xi, 263pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

A consideration of the theoretical background of oil politics assessing the critical issues relating to the violent dynamics of petro-politics in Nigeria, and in particular the Niger Delta. BNS, 44pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AFRICA INSTITUTE.

2005 2004 0798301813 Paperback

Using his experience in official positions in different parts of the country during the crisis, the author gives his account of the Nigerian Civil War, combining literary qualities with political comment and historical analysis. Index, app, 268pp, NIGERIA. SAROS, 9782460125

1989 Paperback

When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom. This is the full story of this cultural extravaganza, from Nigeria's spectacular rebirth as a rapidly developing petro state to its dramatic demise when the boom went bust. Index, bib, notes, x, 334pp, USA. CHICAGO U P.

Argues that after the Ogoni uprising that the activities of Shell, the largest oil transnational in Nigeria, which accounts for more than 50 percent of the country's total oil production, are degrading the environment of its host communities in the Niger Delta. However, what has not been properly understood about how Shell has underdeveloped the Niger Delta and is still doing so, which this book claims, is both process and structure of its pillage and the role of the state in all this. Index, gloss, apps, bib, 300pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Royal Dutch/Shell has long been regarded as a world leader and a model for other corporations until the astonishing revelation in January 2004 that estimates of Shell's reserves had been inflated by a staggering 3.9 billion barrels. It was the first of a series of admissions that brought into question Shell's reputation for rectitude and sent its share price tumbling. Shell Shock is an engrossing account which reveals details that have never been included in any company accounts, exposing the company's appalling environmental record, notably in Nigeria. Index, bib, 256pp, UK. MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING.

The authors unravel the economic and environmental maelstrom of the Niger Delta where Shell Oil and the military and civilian governments have reaped huge profits while propagating irresponsible practices with direct and devastating effect on the human ecosystem. Index, notes, refs, apps, xii, 267pp, UK. VERSO.