Searching for Boko Haram: A History of Violence in Central Africa Maceachern ScottPevná vazba
Searching for Boko Haram: A History of Violence in Central Africa Maceachern ScottPevná vazba For the past decade, Boko Haram has relentlessly terrorized northeastern Nigeria. The book surveys the…
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Searching for Boko Haram: A History of Violence in Central Africa Maceachern ScottPevná vazba
For the past decade, Boko Haram has relentlessly terrorized northeastern Nigeria. The book surveys the deep history of the lands south of Lake Chad, richly documented in archaeology and texts, to show how ancient natural and cultural events can aid in our understanding of Boko Haram's present agenda. Few if any explanations for the rise of this violent insurgent group look beyond its roots in worldwide jihadism and recent political conflicts in central Africa.Searching for Boko Haram is the first book to examine the insurgency within the context of centuries, millennia even, of cultural change in the region.
One important feature of this past is the phenomenon of frontiers and borderlands. The land's historical narrative stretches back five centuries, with cultural origins that plunge even deeper into the past. In striking ways, Boko Haram resembles the frontier slave