Solr Search

Cue points: 

Imbolo Mbue - How Beautiful We Were

Twitter icon
Facebook icon
Google icon
StumbleUpon icon
Del.icio.us icon
Pinterest icon
Description: 

Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were is set in the fictional African village of Kosawa and 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 cleanup 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.

Mbue will be in conversation with Clare Morgana Gillis who is the Chairperson of Windham World Affairs Council.

Production Date: 
Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 04:45

Shows In This Series