A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa

Okeowo, Alexis

A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa / Alexis Okeowo - First edition. - New York : Hachette Books , 2017 - 256 p. ; 21 cm

Uganda: An LRA love story -- Mauritania: Where are the chains? -- Nigeria: Not the country he knew -- Somalia: War and basketball -- Uganda: In a perfect life -- Mauritania: Caravan of freedom -- Nigeria: Nobody rescued them -- Somalia: The last two stadiums in Mogadishu.

Presents accounts of everyday men and women living amidst war and extremism.


English

Literary award winner - Pen America.

9780316382922


Extremists---Africa, Sub-Saharan
Abduction---Uganda
Forced marriage---Uganda
Slavery---Mauritania
Abduction---Nigeria
Islamic fundamentalism---Nigeria
Islamic fundamentalism---Somalia
Human rights workers---Africa
Political activists---Africa

HV6433.A35 / O34 2017

363.32 OKE

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