"Following a wave of oil discoveries in Africa, Oil-Age Africa offers new perspectives and critical reflections on the prevalent academic discourses on oil in Africa. This collection brings together researchers from the social sciences to challenge simplified readings of the complex realities of...

The Barons A visitor from Sweden Revolution Soviet Days The Middleman Détente The perfet Oil Field Crossfire The First Deal Return to Baku The Contract of the Century The Near Abroad Early Oil A Battle of Wills A Table of Two Negotiators An Accidental Pipeline An Army for Oil Boom and Bust...