Boko Haram : inside Nigeria's unholy war / Mike Smith.
Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015Description: xiv, 233 pages : mapsContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781784530747Subject(s): Boko Haram | Terrorism -- Nigeria | Terrorism -- Nigeria -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Islamic fundamentalism -- Nigeria | Insurgency -- Nigeria -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 363.32509669 Summary: "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. Through 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."--Provided by publisherItem type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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. Through 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."--Provided by publisher