Petrocapitalism, displacement, and (im)mobilities in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were

In this article, I analyse the movement of human and nonhuman bodies in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were (2021). I argue that the depiction of the environmental and social damage caused by oil extraction in the novel resists the dominant discourse of the Anthropocene by refusing to universalise...

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Main Author: Katarzyna Więckowska
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2025-04-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://letterkunde.africa/article/view/18794
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