Xavier Montanyà Atoche (born 28 November 1961) is a Spanish journalist who has written a number of investigatory books and has directed several documentaries.
[1] Xavier Montanyà was born in Barcelona in 1961, and became a journalist and the author of documentaries.
[2] His feature film Memoria negra (Black memory) was selected at the Festival of Valladolid (2006).
[4] In his 2011 book L'or negre de la mort (The black gold of the dead) he explores the situation in the Niger Delta where multinationals are extracting (and spilling) crude oil.
He discusses the corruption of the government, ecological impact, poverty and violence that affects the inhabitants.