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
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