Watts, author of Curse of the Black Gold * This book combines well both ethnographic and lived experiences in the narrative as well as more policy inflected and academic debates. The new oil scramble in Africa is a hugely important development topic, and while there is now a vast and sophisticated literature on the political economy of the "older" petro-states across the continent (such as Nigeria, Angola, Algeria), there is no comparable analysis of the sort offered by Africa's New Oil. * Gilbert Makore, coordinator, Publish What You Pay-Zimbabwe * This is a must-read for all people that are at the frontlines of working towards reforming the governance of mining, oil, gas resources and revenues.
In this vivid account, Celeste Hicks clearly shows the complexities that are at the intersection of oil governance reform and the political realities of weak institutions, impunity, poor planning, conflict, corruption and entrenched elite interests.
* Charles Wanguhu, coordinator, Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas * Hicks aptly captures key policy decisions and outcomes from country to country, while highlighting the important contextual challenges that influenced these policy choices. * Journal of Retracing Africa *Ī timely and deeply insightful look at the oil industry in Africa. Africa’s New Oil is a well-written journalistic introduction to the continent’s new oil producers and its case studies can offer something of value to academic and lay readers alike.
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