Boko Haram: Inside Nigerias Unholy War By M.J. Smith

Name: Boko Haram: Inside Nigerias Unholy War By M.J. Smith
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Boko HaramInside Nigeria's Unholy War\nAuthor(s): Mike Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781784535537, 978-1784535537\nSynopsis\nAn insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa's biggest country and worried the world. Yet they remain a mysterious almost unknowable organisation. Through exhaustive on-the-ground reporting, [url] Smith takes readers inside the violence and provides the first in-depth account of the conflict. He traces Boko Haram from its beginnings as a small Islamist sect in Nigeria's remote northeast, led by a baby-faced but charismatic preacher, to its transformation into a hydra-headed monster, deploying suicide bombers and abducting innocent schoolgirls. Much of the book is told through the eyes of Nigerians who have found themselves caught between the violence of a shadowy group of insurgents, brutal security forces accused of ho""