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100 1 _aMbue, Imbolo,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aHow beautiful we were
_cImbolo Mbue.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bCanongate,
_c2020.
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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520 _aMbue's exquisite and devastating novel, set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, Joy of the Oppressed is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.
650 0 _aCorporations
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650 0 _aEnvironmental degradation
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650 0 _aOil spills
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650 0 _aVillages
_zAfrica
_vFiction
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650 7 _aCorporations
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650 7 _aEnvironmental degradation
_914917
650 7 _aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
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650 7 _aOil spills
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650 7 _aVillages
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651 0 _aAfrica
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651 7 _aAfrica.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aFiction.
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