Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War

Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War

An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africaâ€™s biggest country and worried the world. Yet it remains a mysterious â€“ almost unknowable â€“ organisation. Ëœ rough exhaustive on-the-ground reporting, Mike Smith takes readers inside the conÂ° ict and provides the Ã¿ rst in-depth account of the violence and unrest. He traces Boko Haram from its beginnings as a small Islamist sect in Nigeriaâ€™s remote north-east, led by a baby-faced but charismatic preacher, to its transformation into a hydra-headed entity, deploying suicide bombers and abducting schoolgirls.Much of the book is told through the eyes of Nigerians who have found themselves caught between frightening insurgents and security forces accused of horrifying brutality. It includes the voices of a forgotten police o? cer left paralysed by an attack, women whose husbands have been murdered and a sword-wielding vigilante using charms to fend o? insurgent bullets. It journeys through the sleaze and corruption that has robbed Africaâ€™s biggest oil producer of its potential, making it such fertile ground for extremism. Along the way it questions whether there can be any end to the violence and the ways in which this might be achieved. Interspersed with history, this book delves into the roots of this unholy war being waged by a virtually unknown organisation, which is set to shape the destiny of Africaâ€™s biggest economy and most populous state â€“ and perhaps aff ect the future of Africa.

Country	USA
Author	Mike Smith
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780857735775
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	I.B.Tauris
Manufacturer	I.B.Tauris
NumberOfPages	251
PublicationDate	2015-01-30
Publisher	I.B.Tauris
ReleaseDate	2015-01-30
Studio	I.B.Tauris

Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War

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