Little Nina and the lost beauty of the Niger Delta

Bodo is a village in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. If all variables met their desired expectations, Bodo would have shared a name recall in comparison to places like Dubai.Its land and waters are rich with oil but since the 1960s, upon its discovery; it has known nothing but plunder and neglect.This is not a protest book against the Nigerian government and the oil corporations per se.This book is aimed to shine a light on the plight of the vulnerable and voiceless, at the brutish receiving end of man's vain-glorious pursuit for profit, with total disregard for the environment...and human health.Told from a girl child's viewpoint and experience-it exposes the greater tragedy beyond that inflicted on the earth. The simplicity in rendition and the art is deliberate, aimed to bring issues of our changing world to teeny comprehension and appreciation. And, the narrative is far from fiction. It is a truth presently lived by most ethnic minorities in the global south.