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Literature is nothing but the reflection of life. Life and literature resemble each other and it appears to be the twin sisters. Whatever is explicited in novels, stories, poetries and other literary works, the same thing is happening in people's life. Literature mould the readers to understand the fact about life and helps to find the truthhidden in life and often helps to decide the right path and also attimes solution to the problems can be provided through the literature.Literature appears to be the testimony which often tends to represent African reality and daring African culture. African writers produce vast of works that can be mentioned as the literature of revolt and it remain as the successful story of Africa. The Major themes of African literature include culture and tradition, racism, neocolonialism, corruption and Politics. Among African writers, Helon Habila comes in third generation writers and contributes many thematic works about Africa especially about Nigeria. Moreover, he comes forth with the intention to showcase the political activities and its impact in Nigeria. This paper mainly focuses about Helon Habila's work Oil On Water. It mainly explains the concept of adventurous and troublesome journey of the journalists.