Bioterrorism Warfare in Helon Habila's Oil on Water and Kaine Agary's Yellow Yellow
Authors/Creators
- 1. (PhD), Department of Philosophy, Faculty of the Social Sciences,University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
- 2. The Use of English Unit, School of General Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
- 3. Department of English and Literary Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
- 4. Department of Philosophy, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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Abstract
Nigeria’s Niger Delta issue regarding oil exploration and oil exploitation has been a global one. This is owing to the serious damage being done to the environment and the lives of the people in the region. It is crystal clear that crude oil is made up of different mixtures of organic compounds, which are poisonous to both aquatic and terrestrial lives. They constitute serious bio weapons that can access the body through contact, breathing, and gastrointestinal means. This research therefore examines the oil companies (the Shell, Agip and elf), the government and the militants’ roles to ascertain how they constitute potential bio terror threats in the Niger Delta region. It analyzes Helon Habila’s Oil on Water and Kaine Agary’s Yellow Yellow. This is a qualitative research. The method used was direct lifting of information from the texts after thorough reading. The research is anchored on trauma theory. Preliminary investigation in the two texts reveals conscious bio warfare is being carried out against the Niger Delta people periodically by the oil companies in the region, the government and the militants. Moreover, the paper posits that environmental sustainability is the way out of the bio-convulsions going on in the region.