← Helon HabilaOil on Waterby Helon HabilaJournalism novel about corruption and environmental destruction in Niger DeltaFind on Amazon↗About the authorHelon HabilaNigerian novelist whose Waiting for an Angel chronicles the lives of ordinary Nigerians under military dictatorship. Oil on Water, his most ambitious novel, follows journalists investigating oil-industry devastation in the Niger Delta.More by Helon HabilaWaiting for an AngelNovel of urban poverty and aspiration in contemporary Lagos Nigeria→Measuring TimeParallel narratives of twin brothers in rural Nigeria and military rule→Travelers→