How beautiful we were, a novel, by Imbolo Mbue
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How beautiful we were, a novel, by Imbolo Mbue
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How beautiful we were
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by Imbolo Mbue
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a novel
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Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, How Beautiful We Were tells of a people living in fear amid 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 to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.
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