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Boko Haram

OHIO SHORT HISTORIES OF AFRICA

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Boko Haram

by Brandon Kendhammer and Carmen McCain

Boko Haram

Brandon Kendhammer and Carmen McCain

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kendhammer, Brandon, author. | McCain, Carmen, author.

Title: Boko Haram / Brandon Kendhammer and Carmen McCain.

Other titles: Ohio short histories of Africa.

Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2018. | Series: Ohio short histories of Africa | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018031924| ISBN 9780821423516 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446577 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Boko Haram--History. | Terrorist organizations--Nigeria, Northern--History--21st century. | Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--Nigeria. | Social conflict--Nigeria, Northern--Religious aspects. | Nigeria, Northern--Social conditions--21st century. | Nigeria--Politics and government--21st century.

Classification: LCC HV6433.N62 B6535 2018 | DDC 363.3250966909051--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018031924

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. A Nigerian Origin Story

2. The Evolution of a Movement

3. A Nation in Crisis

4. A Tale of Two Countries

5. Who Speaks for Boko Haram’s Victims?

Conclusion