Shadows and Light: Oil, Power, and the Niger Delta

Photographer Ed Kashi has documented the stark contradictions between the abundance of Nigeria’s oil and the poverty that overshadows daily life in the Niger Delta. Asume Isaac Osuoka is an advocate for transparency and accountability, and works to ensure that extractive industry revenues benefit the people who live amid Nigeria’s vast natural resource wealth. In this multimedia piece produced by OSI and partner Revenue Watch Institute, Kashi and Osuoka describe the struggles of the Niger Delta’s citizens and the dire need for fair and responsible revenue management.

Read a transcript of "Shadows and Light: Oil, Power, and the Niger Delta."

A series of Ed Kashi's Niger Delta photos is also part of the OSI documentary exhibit Moving Walls 14.

Read more about the Revenue Watch Institute's work in Nigeria.