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Boko Haram - Inside Nigeria's Unholy War (Hardcover)
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Boko Haram - Inside Nigeria's Unholy War (Hardcover)
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An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram
has left thousands dead, shaken Africa's biggest country and
worried the world. Yet it remains a mysterious - almost unknowable
- organisation. rough exhaustive on-the-ground reporting, Mike
Smith takes readers inside the conflict and provides the first
in-depth account of the violence and unrest. He traces Boko Haram
from its beginnings as a small Islamist sect in Nigeria'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 officer
left paralysed by an attack, women whose husbands have been
murdered and a sword-wielding vigilante using charms to fend of
insurgent bullets. It journeys through the sleaze and corruption
that has robbed Africa'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 Africa's biggest economy and most populous state - and perhaps
affect the future of Africa.
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