Women and the War on Boko Haram (eBook)

Wives, Weapons, Witnesses

Hilary Matfess (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
288 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78699-148-5 (ISBN)

Infos

For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria. In 2014, the kidnapping of 276 girls in Chibok shocked the world, giving rise to the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Yet Boko Haram's campaign of violence against women and girls goes far beyond the Chibok abductions. From its inception, the group has systematically exploited women to advance its aims. Perhaps more disturbing still, some Nigerian women have chosen to become active supporters of the group, even sacrificing their lives as suicide bombers. These events cannot be understood without first acknowledging the long-running marginalisation of women in Nigerian society.Having conducted extensive fieldwork throughout the region, Hilary Matfess provides a vivid and thought-provoking account of Boko Haram's impact on the lives of Nigerian women, as well as the wider social and political context that fuels the group's violence.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Africa • African Arguments • Alexander Thurston • Andrew Walker • Boko Haram • Boko Haram and the War on Terror • Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement • Caroline Varin • Celeste Hicks • Congo's Environmental Paradox • Congo's Violent Peace • Eat the Heart of the Infidel • Ebola • Goodluck Jonathan • Helon Habila • Hilary Matfess • Inside Nigerias Unholy War • Islam • Islamism • Kidnapping • Kris Berwouts • Louisa Lombard • Mike Smith • Nadia Murad • Nancy Lombard • Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency • Paul Richards • Spreading Terror in Nigeria • State of Rebellion • Stolen Girls • The Chibok Girls • The Last Girl • Theodore Trefon • The Trial of Hissène Habré • Trump Eric • Violence Against Women • Virginia Comolli • Wolfgang Bauer • Women and the War on Boko Haram
• ISBN-10: 1-78699-148-9 / 1786991489
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78699-148-5 / 9781786991485