The hunt for Boko Haram : (Record no. 34805)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 9781910460061 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 363.32509669 PE HU |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Perry, Alex |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The hunt for Boko Haram : |
| Subtitle | investigating the terror tearing Nigeria apart |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Alex Perry |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Publisher | Newsweek Insights, |
| Date | c2014. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vii, 75 p. ; |
| Size | 21 cm. |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | Hunting -- The king of Kano -- How things fall apart -- Disillusionment -- The bomb in the market -- The boy from Maiduguri -- Reforging a nation. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | Journalist Alex Perry explores the context to the Chibok kidnappings that inspired the global #bringbackourgirls social media campaign. Perry looks at the flawed foundations of the Nigerian state, the toxic legacy of North-South mistrust and the decades long power struggles and corruption within the ruling classes. He demonstrates that Nigeria's booming oil economy means that the government has no reason to be interested in its electorate; so great is the imbalance between the government's domestic revenues and the taxation revenues on foreign corporations . Perry interviews generals, statesmen and citizens in his quest to find out who Boko Haram really are - global terrorists inspired by Al Quaida as the Nigerian government and others claim? Perry does not think so, his research points to a much more local but no less savage agenda spawned in a perfect storm of poverty, corruption, resentment, suspicion and fundamentalism. He shows how endemic abuses of power have set Nigeria up for such an outcome, and looks at some of the work being done to try to prevent Nigeria from descending into further anarchy or becoming an irevocably failed state. First hand accounts of and interviews with victims of the violence sweeping Nigeria and some of those working to halt it are the foundation of this attempt to get as close as possible to the truth. Whilst, as one interviewee puts it, in Nigeria all truth is relative. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Boko Haram |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Terrorism |
| Geographic | Nigeria |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/i39ettqcup2pg9qlo98r9b1pdp6nmes1 |
| Public note | Location Map |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| -- | 22455 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 22450 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 22456 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2018-12-11 | AMAUK | 363.32509669 PE HU | T0060874 | 2018-11-05 | 2018-11-05 | REGULAR | Jan2019 |