Download or read book Sambisa Escape written by Ifeanyi Esimai and published by Ciparum Press. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work of fiction inspired by the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram follows the story of Ngozi Balogun Bashiru. Having already become an orphan twice by the age of six, Ngozi is taken in by her uncle, only to be relegated to the role of a servant by her sixteenth birthday. After a domestic argument, she runs away from home. But her quest for freedom takes a dark turn when she's kidnapped and thrust into a world of terror and captivity. As Ngozi fights to survive, she must also confront her past and dig deep within herself to find the answers she needs to escape. Will she be able to reclaim her voice and save those she holds dear, or will she be silenced forever? Find out in this powerful and moving novel.

Download or read book Escape from Sambisa written by Yusuf Buba and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escape from Boko Haram" is a gripping novel that tells the story of Aisha and her journey to escape the clutches of the Boko Haram Empire. From the calm before the storm to the darkness of captivity, Aisha and her comrades endure unimaginable trials, facing betrayal, loss, and the horrors of life in captivity. However, a spark of hope ignites within Aisha, leading her to form an alliance with other captives. Together, they plan their escape, utilizing their wits, courage, and the help of hidden allies. The great escape is a harrowing journey through treacherous terrain, evading the relentless pursuit of the Boko Haram fighters. As the story unfolds, the alliance grows stronger, overcoming obstacles and forging bonds of trust. They find unexpected allies along the way, further bolstering their determination to bring down the Boko Haram Empire. However, amidst their triumphs, a devastating betrayal shakes their faith and threatens to derail their mission. Undeterred, Aisha and her comrades persevere, facing the final showdown with the Boko Haram Empire. With courage and resilience, they engage in a fierce battle, determined to put an end to the empire's reign of terror. Their victory comes at a heavy cost, but it also marks the beginning of the healing process for themselves and their community. In the aftermath of the conflict, the alliance focuses on rebuilding, healing, and fostering reconciliation. They become symbols of hope, advocating for justice, and working tirelessly to bring about lasting change. Through their efforts, they inspire others around the world to stand up against injustice and fight for a better future. "Escape from Boko Haram" is a testament to the indomitable spirit of humanity in the face of unimaginable darkness. It explores themes of courage, resilience, the power of unity, and the triumph of hope over despair. Ultimately, it reminds us that even in the darkest of times, liberation and healing are possible. Top of Form Regenerate re

Download or read book One Thing After Another written by Ifeanyi Esimai and published by Ciparum Press. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Ngozi, the old adages rang true - there is nothing that remains hidden under the sun, anything that can go wrong will, and one cannot escape their past. After surviving the dangers of the Sambisa forest and returning home, Ngozi's life takes a drastic turn. Acting on the advice of Auntie Halima, she presents herself to the authorities, but her status as a victim is quickly overturned, and she's deemed a perpetrator. Struggling to fit in with her new community, Ngozi's past clashes with her present teenage life, and her health takes a turn for the worse. She's forced to confront the painful memories she's been trying to bury and search for answers that hold the key to her survival. This gripping and emotional story takes readers on a journey of resilience and self-discovery as Ngozi navigates a new environment and new experiences. Will she find the strength to overcome the odds and reclaim her life, or will her past continue to haunt her? Find out in this captivating novel.

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature written by Lokangaka Losambe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational, multivocal writings of immigrant African authors. Covering works produced in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in the world, this book investigates three major aesthetic paradigms in African diasporic literature: the Sankofan wave (late 1960s–early 1990s); the Janusian wave (1990s–2020s); and the Offshoots of the New Arrivants (those born and growing up outside Africa). Written by well-established and emerging scholars of African and diasporic literatures from across the world, the chapters in the book cover the works of well-known and not-so-well-known Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone writers from different theoretical positionalities and critical approaches, pointing out the unique innovative artistic qualities of this major subgenre of African literature. The focus on the “diasporic consciousness” of the writers and their works sets this handbook apart from others that solely emphasize migration, which is more of a process than the community of settled African people involved in the dynamic acts of living reflected in diasporic writings. This book will appeal to researchers and students from across the fields of Literature, Diaspora Studies, African Studies, Migration Studies, and Postcolonial Studies.

Download or read book Figures of the Migrant written by Siobhan Brownlie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to investigate the representation of the migrant and migration in literary texts and the arts. Through studies that examine works in a range of art forms ‒ novels, theatre, poetry, creative non-fiction, documentary films and performance and video installations ‒ that evoke a variety of historical and (trans)national contexts, the volume focuses on the question of the roles of literature and the arts in representing migration. An important issue considered is the extent to which artistic figuration can act as a counterpoint to social discourse on migrants that often involves stereotypes and reductive views. The different contributions to the volume illustrate that literature and the arts can provide readers and viewers with a space for fluid knowledge production and affective expansion and that within that overarching function, artistic works play three main roles with regard to representing migration: undertaking a socio-political and cultural critique, presenting alternative views to stereotypes that highlight the singularity and complexity of the migrant and providing proposals for different futures.

Download or read book Pretty Dead written by Ifeanyi Esimai and published by ShotReads. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5th book in the Vikki Mattsen crime series. A female detective, police procedurals, women Sleuth murder mystery. A small-town ambitious beauty queen and schoolteacher, ready to jump into the national pageant scene, is found brutally murdered. Mattsen and Gomez investigate. Chasing truths in a maze of lies: every secret holds a deadly surprise. When a small-town beauty queen and beloved schoolteacher is found brutally murdered, Detective Vikki Mattsen and her partner Mike Gomez are called in to investigate. As they delve deeper into the case, they discover a tangled web of secrets and lies, including acquaintances of the deceased, who may have played a role in the crime. With pressure mounting to solve the case and bring the killer to justice, Mattsen and Gomez race against time to untangle the truth and stop the murderer before they strike again.

Download or read book Dead Professor written by Ifeanyi Esimai and published by ShotReads. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 6th book in the Vikki Mattsen crime series. A female detective, police procedurals, women Sleuth murder mystery. The search for a professor's murderer—cutting through layers of lies to rewrite justice. The sixth book in the Vikki Mattsen crime series follows the detective and her colleague as they investigate the murder of a professor of creative writing. When the victim's wife is caught with the murder weapon, the case seems cut and dry. But with the wife proclaiming her innocence, Mattsen and her colleague must sift through the evidence and suspects to uncover the truth behind the murder.

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Geopolitics written by Zak Cope and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 1457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book West African Studies The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African governments are increasingly confronted with new forms of political violence. This study maps the evolution of violence across North and West Africa, with a particular focus on Mali, Lake Chad and Libya.

Download or read book BEHIND THE VEIL written by Chris Aikoshoria Omiyi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the veil chronicles the sad evil of forced child marriages, the tragedy of Almajiri a system where children are born to this world and abandoned to fend for themselves, sex trafficking and terrorism in Nigeria. It unveils a wicked system of man’s inhumanity to man at its worst case.

Download or read book Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree written by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist Viviana Mazza. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren’t too far out of reach. But the girl’s dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors’ radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she’s been told. Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life—her future—is hers to fight for.

Download or read book African Peace Militaries written by David J. Francis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical understanding of the emerging role of African militaries in peacetime democratic Africa. This book departs from the dominant perspective which simply presents the military as an ‘enemy’ of democracy because of the history and legacy of unending military coup d’états and interventions in civilian politics. In the context of Africa, the military has been blamed or largely held responsible for instigating wars, armed conflicts, political violence, poverty and underdevelopment due to bad governance and mismanagement of the state. Drawing from diverse case studies across Africa, including Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and Egypt, this volume presents the argument that though the military has played a negative, and sometimes, destructive role in undermining constitutional rule and the overthrow of democratic civilian governments, the same military, now operating in a changed global environment, is making effort to support the development of democracy and democratic consolidation as well as remain subjected to civilian democratic oversight and control. Notwithstanding, the real challenge for this emerging trend of African peace militaries is the extent to which they are able to fulfil, on a predictable and consistent basis, their constitutional mandate to defend the people against ‘elected autocrats’ in Africa who try to use the military to perpetuate themselves in power. This work fills a critical gap in the literature and will be of much interest to students of African security and politics, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.

Download or read book A Gift from Darkness written by Andrea Claudia Hoffmann and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NPR Best Book of the Year: “A powerful testimony to resilience and survival” (Kirkus Reviews). A widowed Nigerian women shares her shocking, inspirational account of what she endured to save her unborn child while kidnapped by Boko Haram. When she was 19, Patience Ibrahim's first husband was murdered by Boko Haram, the Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organization based in West Africa. She fled to the safety of her village and remarried several months later. Having prayed for a child for years, Patience is overjoyed when she discovers she is pregnant. But her joy is short-lived: Boko Haram soldiers are at her door. Brutally abducted and forced to convert to Islam, she lives in constant terror of what her kidnappers have in store for her. She finds herself alone in the world and fears her life is over. For 2 months, Patience hides her pregnancy while facing the brutalities meted out by Boko Haram. By the sheer force of her determination to protect her baby, she and her child escape. Now, she has entrusted journalist Andrea C. Hoffmann with her story, a powerful first-person account of Boko Haram's atrocities in Nigeria and Cameroon. A gripping testimony of the terrorist group’s war crimes in Western Africa, A Gift from Darkness poignantly shows the human toll of a crisis that demands attention.

Download or read book The Martyr s Oath written by Johnnie Moore and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Inspired by Amazing Eyewitness Stories of Hope and Courage from the Persecuted Church We are witnessing an astonishing escalation in Christian persecution like we have rarely seen since the first century. Some estimate that every five minutes, a Christian is martyred for his or her faith. Countries like Egypt have experienced more Christian persecution in the last five years than in the previous six hundred years combined. And who could have missed the atrocities of ISIS in Syria, Boko Haram in Nigeria, and the continued persecution of Christians in North Korea? Johnnie Moore, like many American Christians, didn't fully appreciate the extent of what was going on--until he witnessed the graduation of theology students in India. Unlike graduation ceremonies in America--where feel-good speeches made by visiting celebrities are common--this one featured a remarkable oath. It wasn't an oath to excel or succeed. It was an oath to be willing to die, if necessary, for the cause of Christ. This was no empty promise. This was a choice, choosing the eternal over the temporal. Johnnie knew he was witnessing a raw, first-century Christianity that his comfortable American version had shielded him from. "For the first time, I really understand my faith," says Johnnie Moore. Now, he's on a mission to give this same experience to others. He and his team have crisscrossed the world, recorders in hand, gathering eyewitness accounts from dozens of people who survived persecution--and the stories of some who didn't. Join Johnnie Moore on this compelling journey to the heart of the Christian faith.

Download or read book Echoes of Reflections written by Thorpe Bello and published by Thorpe Bello. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry is life; poetry is conscience, and a vision. Poetry goes beyond a piece of writing or sets of stanza, but an artistic culture of creative minds for literary values that builds intellectual power, which exhibits the consciousness of expression from interest and experience. Poetry deals with human activities and expertise as it's being expressed in writing forms. It's the beauty of thought, passion and creative power of mind that is being expressed in poetic formula. This piece of work is an expressive words of my thinking pattern, creative guts and perceptions, aided by poetic motive. You are invited to reason and view from the different angles I do see things. We all look at the same things but see differently, especially things about life.

Download or read book Terrorism Politics and Human Rights Advocacy written by Temitope B. Oriola and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy provides an insider-outsider analysis of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) movement. Formed through a coalition of elite women and middle-class allies to advocate for the rescue of over 200 high school girls from Chibok, Nigeria, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, the movement is a global leader in the 'lives matter' advocacy and a new episode in African women-led rights movements. Based on data garnered from over 170 research participants, Oriola demonstrates how the #BBOG transformed the Chibok kidnapping into an international cause and a social problem in a sociological sense, inadvertently creating a social problem industry. The volume provides in-depth analyses of the organizational structure, decision-making, repertoire of protest, framing, internal dynamics, and divisions within the #BBOG. Far more than a social media phenomenon, the #BBOG deploys a hybridized communication process which seamlessly combines the time-space compression of social media with the relative fidelity and territoriality of traditional media. State repression against the #BBOG and response of movement actors are also articulated, and the outcomes and impact of the #BBOG explicated. The BBOG experience speaks to the texture of the African state and its military architecture, party politics, and challenges to human rights advocacy; the findings speak to peace and security in Africa, the war against terrorism in the Lake Chad Basin, perpetuation of social problems, and outcomes of social movements in the postcolony. Oxford Studies in African Politics and International Relations is a series for scholars and students working on African politics and International Relations and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on contemporary developments in African political science, political economy, and International Relations, such as electoral politics, democratization, decentralization, gender and political representation, the political impact of natural resources, the dynamics and consequences of conflict, comparative political thought, and the nature of the continent's engagement with the East and West. Comparative and mixed methods work is particularly encouraged, as is interdisciplinary research and work that considers ethical issues relating to the study of Africa. Case studies are welcomed but should demonstrate the broader theoretical and empirical implications of the study and its wider relevance to contemporary debates. The focus of the series is on sub-Saharan Africa, although proposals that explain how the region engages with North Africa and other parts of the world are of interest. Series Editors: Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy and International Development, University of Birmingham; Peace Medie, Senior Lecturer in Gender and International Politics, University of Bristol; and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Professor of the International Politics of Africa, University of Oxford.

Download or read book Nigeria written by Richard Bourne and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘If you want to understand Nigeria’s history in one succinct go, this is a very good choice.’ Noo Saro-Wiwa Known as the African Giant, Nigeria's story is complex and often contradictory. How, despite the ravages of colonialism, civil war, ongoing economic disappointment and most recently the Boko Haram insurgency, has the country managed to stay together for a hundred years? Why, despite an abundance of oil, mineral and agricultural wealth, have so many of its people remained in poverty? These are the key questions explored by Richard Bourne in this remarkable and wide-ranging account of Nigeria's history, from its creation in 1914 to the historic 2015 elections and beyond. Featuring a wealth of original research and interviews, this is an essential insight into the shaping of a country where, despite the seemingly dashed optimism that was raised at independence, there still remains hope 'the Nigeria project' may still succeed.