Hilary Matfess

Women and the War on Boko Haram (eBook, ePUB)

Wives, Weapons, Witnesses

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786991485
• Artikelnr.: 49361647

Autorenporträt

Hilary Matfess is a research analyst based in Washington, DC, and a contributor to the Nigeria Social Violence Project at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Her work has been featured in the African Studies Review, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, and The Washington Post, among many others.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Understanding Boko Haram 2. Precursors to the Insurgency
and the Sharia Debates 3. Being a Girl in Nigeria and the Gender Politics
of Boko Haram 4. Girls as Symbols: The Chibok Abductions and the Silent
Majority 5. Women at War: Wives and Weapons in the Insurgency 6. Rescued to
What? Displacement, Vulnerability, and the Dark side of 'Heroism' 7. The
Way Forward 8. Lessons Learned