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020			_a9780593132425
082	1		_aFIC MBU _2
100	1		_aMbue, Imbolo
245	1	0	_aHow beautiful we were : _ba novel _c/ Imbolo Mbue
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, 2021
300			_a364 p. _c; 24 cm
520			_aSet in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it 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,
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aCorporations _v--Fiction
650		4	_aEnvironmental degradation _x-Fiction
650		4	_aOil spills _x-Fiction
650		4	_aVillages _z-African _x-Fiction
651		4	_aAfrica _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
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