Nigeria has huge resources, but two of these stand out: a population of 140 million people and a vast crude oil deposit, located in the deep waters of the Delta, one of the world’s vast wetlands. In 1956, the Shell Petroleum Development Company explored and discovered crude oil in large quantities at the remote village of Oloibiri. Half a century later, oil revenues represent more than $400 billion, wasted on political frivolities while a huge number of the population endures extreme poverty and the Delta’s wetland remains one of the most polluted ecological systems in the world.
Exposition Panafricaine
Musée National du Mali
Akintunde Akinleye (Nigeria)
Delta: A Vanishing Wetland, 2006-2011
