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Cover -- Half title -- Title Page -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- List of Maps -- A Note on Sources and the �Boko Haram� Label -- A timeline of key events in northern Nigerian history and the Boko Haram insurgency -- Prologue: �I Think the Worst Has Happened� -- 1 �Then You Should Wait for the Outcome� -- 2 �His Preachings Were Things that People Could Identify With� -- 3 �I Will Not Tolerate a Brawl� -- 4 �That Is How Complex the Situation Is� -- 5 �I Don�t Know. They�re in the Bush� |
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6 �Our Girls Were Kidnapped and They Did Not Do Anything�Epilogue: �They Should Not Allow Me to Die in This Condition� -- Glossary -- Prologue -- �Then You Should Wait for the Outcome� -- �His Preachings Were Things that People Could Identify With� -- �I Will Not Tolerate a Brawl� -- �That Is How Complex the Situation Is� -- �I Don�t Know. They�re in the Bush� -- �Our Girls Were Kidnapped and They Did Not Do Anything� -- Epilogue -- Books -- Journals -- Miscellaneous |
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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 con° ict and provides the ÿ rst 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 abduct |
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Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram. fast (OCoLC)fst01912021 |
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Terrorism -- Nigeria -- History -- 21st century
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Islamic fundamentalism -- Nigeria -- History -- 21st century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Terrorisme.
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Islamisme.
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Extrémisme.
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Sécurité internationale.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Terrorism.
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Nigeria.
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Afrique.
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Nigeria.
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History.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780857735775 |
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0857735772 |
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