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The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria

The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria

Habila, Helon

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ISBN10: 0997126469
ISBN13: 9780997126464
Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
Published: Dec 5 2016
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.40 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by the deadly terrorist group Boko Haram.


Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few months, but most were never heard from again.

On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group. Most were never heard from again. Acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of this tragedy that stunned the world. With compassion and deep understanding of historical context, Habila tells the stories of the girls and the anguish of their parents; chronicles the rise of Boko Haram and the Nigerian government's inept response; and captures the indifference of the media and the international community whose attention has moved on.

Employing a fiction writer's sensibility and a journalist's curiosity, The Chibok Girls provides poignant portraits of everyday Nigerians whose lives have been transformed by extremist forces. Habila illuminates the long history of colonialism--and unmasks cultural and religious dynamics--that gave rise to the conflicts that have ravaged the region to this day.


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