TweetSweet Crude trailer 2009 Sweet Crude is a documentary film about the Niger Delta of Nigeria — the humanitarian and environmental devastation there in the wake of 50 years of unregulated oil extraction, the history of non-violent protest by Niger Deltans demanding control of their own resources and the emergence of the Movement for the…
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Niger Delta Leaders Seek Urgent Talks with Government
TweetBy Gilbert da Costa Abuja Some of Niger Delta’s prominent groups and ethnic leaders have called for urgent talks with the government to end the military’s ongoing operations in the region. Rights groups say the army’s indiscriminate bombing of villages in the oil-producing Niger Delta has created a humanitarian crisis. The Nigerian military says troops…
Civilians caught in Niger Delta conflict – 26 May 09
Tweet A Nigerian navy patrol has intercepted an attempted attack on an offshore oil facility in the Niger Delta. It is the latest in an ongoing battle which is said to have nearly halved the country’s vital oil production. On Monday, rebel fighters successfully put a major oil storage facility out of action. But in…
THE MANTRA – CONSCIOUSNESS SHIFTING
Tweet At the petrol station with its attractive, beckoning red and yellow icon, a diverse group gathers to witness. We recite the narrative of the Niger Delta. Like supplicants before a mystical altar, we chant one by one—giving evidence of what we have learned. Like a mantra, like a prayer committed to memory and spoken…
Edward Said – Orientalism
Tweet Edward Said describes Orientalism as “the manufacture of the other” mainly done for purposes of domination. He locates Orientalism within the history of military and ideological imperialism . It is an attempt to acquire information in a way that is neither innocent nor objective, but driven by special interests (such as the control of…
Planet in Peril – Niger Delta Oil
Tweet Planet in Peril 6:16 Lisa Ling travels to the Niger Delta, where the thirst for oil has created a deadly situation.