28 min
Ep 4: The Fairy Tale of Oil Magic Novel Climate
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In this episode, Meghan explores the stories we tell — and don't tell — about the extraction and production of oil. Nigerian-British writer Ben Okri's short story What the Tapster Saw leads to discussions of magical realism, African literature and the environment, and the geopolitics of oil. She talks with political and environmental anthropologist Omolade Adunbi about the history of oil in the Niger Delta; postcolonial literature scholar Rose Casey about Okri's short story; and African literature scholar Cajetan Iheka about representations of the environment in African literature.
>>Transcript here.
>>Music by Doctor Turtle, Sergey Cheremisinov, and Alex Mason.
>>Narration by Chimdi Ihezie.
>>Cover Art by Nonny Cartoons.
In this episode, Meghan explores the stories we tell — and don't tell — about the extraction and production of oil. Nigerian-British writer Ben Okri's short story What the Tapster Saw leads to discussions of magical realism, African literature and the environment, and the geopolitics of oil. She talks with political and environmental anthropologist Omolade Adunbi about the history of oil in the Niger Delta; postcolonial literature scholar Rose Casey about Okri's short story; and African literature scholar Cajetan Iheka about representations of the environment in African literature.
>>Transcript here.
>>Music by Doctor Turtle, Sergey Cheremisinov, and Alex Mason.
>>Narration by Chimdi Ihezie.
>>Cover Art by Nonny Cartoons.
28 min