← Helon HabilaWaiting for an Angelby Helon HabilaNovel of urban poverty and aspiration in contemporary Lagos NigeriaFind 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 HabilaMeasuring TimeParallel narratives of twin brothers in rural Nigeria and military rule→Oil on WaterJournalism novel about corruption and environmental destruction in Niger Delta→Travelers→