When Nigeria's Kainji Dam collapses, killing thousands, the Minister of Natural Resources uses the disaster to make a bid for the presidency. Meanwhile, the ambitious executive of an American water company tries to privatize a major African river. Her sister, Barbara, who has never encountered a cause she wouldn't carry a placard for, joins forces with Femi Jegede, a charismatic Nigerian activist whose family was swept away in the dam disaster. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2010.