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Black Gold - Black Scorpion

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By (author): George S. Boughton

Stern Magazine, the Black Scorpion: we will aim at everything - even if it is not moving Surrey Life magazine: George S Boughton was an oil engineer in Nigeria during the 1967 to 1970 Biafran War and what emerges from this intense, emotional memoir is a withering indictment of governing elites and the destructive consequences of their out-of-control behaviour. Around a million people starved to death or were killed in the fighting; yet the news vacuum meant that Boughton and other expat workers were often in the dark about the true extent of what was going on. Black Gold Black Scorpion is a fascinating, first-hand account of how a nation at war with itself became a magnet for cold war politics as it sank into moral darkness. Recounted are the lives of a young oil engineer, his wife and newborn child, during the War, when they inadvertently lived through one of the worst episodes of African history. Working in an industry that has gone on to pollute massively with oil, theirs is a different story of Africa, oil and aid. The author describes the political elites and those, like Ojukwu and Adekunle, who fought them - having himself been captured and detained, one to one, by the mythically ruthless Black Scorpion; this, the strangest of events, enabling him to observe at close range the disintegration of a powerful personality. More especially, the author's and his family's interaction with the people of the area, the people of Igboland, serves to underline how most of Africa continues to be let down by the pillars of the modern world - political elites, capitalists, the media and warring world powers. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 172g
  • Dimensions: 133 x 203mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Aug 2015
  • Publisher: GB Publishing Org
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780993275609

About George S. Boughton

Born to English parents in Eritrea George S Boughton is a Chartered Engineer BSc(Hons)MechE (UK) who has led an expatriate life in oilfield engineering with Shell and Creole Production Services International (Texas); change management with the Nichols Group (UK); and Information Management with Azeus Systems Ltd (Hong Kong). Now based in the UK Boughton has deep knowledge of oil exploration and production coupled with dire experiences working in remote areas and even conflict zones (notably Biafra).

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