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Author Kendhammer, Brandon, author.

Title Boko Haram / Brandon Kendhammer and Carmen McCain
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Ohio short histories of Africa
Ohio short histories of Africa.
Contents A Nigerian origin story -- The evolution of a movement -- A nation in crisis -- A tale of two countries -- Who speaks for Boko Haram's victims?
Summary Going beyond the headlines, including the group's 2014 abduction of 276 girls in Chibok and the ensuing international outrage, Boko Haram provides readers new to the conflict with a clearly written and comprehensive history of how the group came to be, the Nigerian government's failed efforts to end it, and its impact on ordinary citizens
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Boko Haram -- History
SUBJECT Boko Haram fast
Boko Haram gnd
Boko Haram. ram
Subject Terrorist organizations -- Nigeria, Northern -- History -- 21st century
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Nigeria
Social conflict -- Nigeria, Northern -- Religious aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
HISTORY / Africa / General
Politics and government
Social conditions
Social conflict -- Religious aspects
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy
Terrorist organizations
Terrorismus
Conflits sociaux -- Nigeria.
Islam et politique -- Nigeria.
Terroristes -- Nigeria.
Terrorisme islamiste -- Nigeria.
SUBJECT Nigeria, Northern -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Nigeria
Northern Nigeria
Nigeria -- Nord
Genre/Form History
History.
Form Electronic book
Author McCain, Carmen, author.
ISBN 9780821446577
0821446576