My book, Where My Birthmark Dances, was featured today-October 15, 2011- on the African Literature News and
Review website. My poem about the Nigeria's Niger Delta region and the environmental devastation it has sustained due to oil extraction activity was featured as well. Here's the link: http://africanliteraturenews.blogspot.com/

As Americans, we have seen firsthand, with our recent experience with the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, what shameless and rapacious behaviors these oil companies display. Well, know that the people of the Niger Delta region have been experiencing this for decades and nothing has been done. Know that this is happening and raise your concerns.

Ed Kashi is a phenomenal photojournalist who has been shedding light on this issue. Here is a link to an interview he gave concerning his project in the Niger Delta.  http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/q-and-a/1720326/vii-photos-ed-kashi-we-change-consume

A Chase Through the Niger Delta was inspired by Ken Saro-Wiwa and the simple fact that the personal is the political. In this poem is a couple on a lovers’ chase , whose every movement is met by some apparatus associated with the oil extraction activity.

You can order my book, Where My Birthmark Dances, on Amazon.

Here is the link to my blog-

http://omcbride-ahebee.blogspot.com/

* Photos by Ed Kashi