Children beg on the streets of the oil city of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Poverty is rampant there and a crumbling infrustructure reflects the neglect of the government even while the riches of oil continue to flow.
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Children beg on the streets of the oil city of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Poverty is rampant there and a crumbling infrustructure reflects the neglect of the government even while the riches of oil continue to flow.

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Photograph

Ed Kashi

Maker
American, b. 1957

Children beg on the streets of the oil city of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Poverty is rampant there and a crumbling infrustructure reflects the neglect of the government even while the riches of oil continue to flow.

From Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta


2006
Inkjet print, printed 2009
Image: 30.3 x 45.6 cm
Overall: 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Gift of Ed Kashi, 2009
2009.0205.0012
Inscriptions verso (grease pencil): Ed Kashi [signed] 3/16/09

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