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From oil to water? The deepening crises of primitive accumulation in the waterscapes of Nigeria's Niger Delta

Vom Öl zum Wasser? Die sich verstärkende Krise des Grundwassers im Nigerdelta
[journal article]

Okorie, Victor Ogbonnaya

Abstract

Grundwasserverschmutzung im Nigerdelta (Nigeria) stellt ein komplexes Problem dar. Auf der Grundlage von zwei Jahren ethnographischer Forschung beschreibt der Autor in diesem Beitrag die Verluste für Einzelpersonen und ihre Familienangehörigen, deren Wasserquellen verschmutzt sind. Er argumentiert, ... view more

Grundwasserverschmutzung im Nigerdelta (Nigeria) stellt ein komplexes Problem dar. Auf der Grundlage von zwei Jahren ethnographischer Forschung beschreibt der Autor in diesem Beitrag die Verluste für Einzelpersonen und ihre Familienangehörigen, deren Wasserquellen verschmutzt sind. Er argumentiert, dass die Grundwasserverschmutzung eine tödliche, aber wenig diskutierte Form primitiver Akkumulation ist, die starke Auswirkungen auf Frieden und Entwicklung in den betroffenen Gemeinden hat. Der Autor kommt zu dem Schluss, dass Besitzkonzentration durch Enteignung, die direkt oder indirekt auf Ölförderung zurückzuführen ist, Krisen hervorruft. Lösungsvorschläge der Konflikte müssen folglich auch Aspekte von Enteignung anzusprechen, einschließlich solcher, die auf Grundwasserverschmutzung zurückgehen.... view less


Using the case of groundwater pollution in Nigeria's Niger Delta, this paper examines the shifting contours of primitive accumulation in the region. Based on two years of ethnographic research, the paper unravels the losses experienced by individuals and their dependents whose privately owned source... view more

Using the case of groundwater pollution in Nigeria's Niger Delta, this paper examines the shifting contours of primitive accumulation in the region. Based on two years of ethnographic research, the paper unravels the losses experienced by individuals and their dependents whose privately owned sources of water were polluted. It argues that the groundwater pollution is a deadly but less discussed form of primitive accumulation that has strong implications for peace and development in the affected communities. The paper concludes that accumulation by dispossession driven by oil exploration in the Niger Delta operates in complex ways and generates multifaceted crises; as such, the prospects for resolving the conflicts lie in addressing various strands of the dispossession, including groundwater pollution in the region.... view less

Keywords
expropriation; crude oil; water; landscape; political economy; Africa; structural violence; crisis; Nigeria; accumulation; environmental pollution

Classification
Ecology, Environment

Free Keywords
Grundwasserspiegel

Document language
English

Publication Year
2018

Page/Pages
p. 113-128

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 53 (2018) 1

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0


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