A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa / Alexis Okeowo.

Author/creator Okeowo, Alexis author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Hachette Books, [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionxv, 240 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects
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.
Islamic fundamentalism--Nigeria.
Islamic fundamentalism--Somalia.
Slavery--Mauritania.

Contents Uganda : an LRA love story -- Mauritania : not restrained by chains -- Nigeria : no regrets -- Somalia : war and basketball -- Uganda : in a perfect life -- Mauritania : caravan of freedom -- Nigeria : nobody rescued them -- Somalia : the last two stadiums in Mogadishu.
Abstract New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo weaves together four narratives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary, forming a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram.
General note"October 2017"--Title page verso.
LCCN 2017020071
ISBN9780316382939 hardcover
ISBN0316382930 hardcover
ISBNaudio download
ISBNelectronic book
Standard identifier# 40027523174
Standard identifier# 40027526189

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Joyner General Stacks HV6433 .A35 O34 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold