Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil (Paperback)

from jlbrownn23

A good travelogue/current affairs book. The author travels to the countries he discusses and gives a good feel for the political environment as well as the different consequences of oil economies. Goes along well with several other recent books for trying to understand the world petroleum situati...

from caseylondon

This journalist profiles the possibilities, the challenges, the obstacles (warring factions, thieving dictators, warlords in boats, pitiful populations living amidst fouled waters thanks to big oil companies) of getting oil out of Africa to feed the world's lust for black gold. It's at once illum...

from getupkid10

An amazing book that follows an author through many african countries, where the discovery of oil has begun as a blessing, but as often ended as a disaster for the citizens. Personally, I thought it was one of the most powerful first books in a long while.

from getupkid10

An amazing book that follows an author through many african countries, where the discovery of oil has begun as a blessing, but as often ended as a disaster for the citizens. Personally, I thought it was one of the most powerful first books in a long while.