Curse of the Black Gold: Oil in the Niger Delta

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In this very poor village, with no oil concessions, people barely have enough food to eat. Their former fishing grounds are nearly depleted and they only eat frozen fish. They have been left with no options for work. 50 years of oil has brought them nothing. Ebia Amakady, 18, with her two year old son asleep. Photograph © Ed Kashi