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" 'Eat the heart of the infidel' : "
Andrew Walker.
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BL
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857075
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Walker, Andrew
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'Eat the heart of the infidel' : : the harrowing of Nigeria and the rise of Boko Haram /\ Andrew Walker.
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London :: Hurst & Company,, 2016.
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, ©2016
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xvi, 281 pages :: maps ;; 22 cm
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1849045585
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: 9781849045582
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface : the strange tale of John Henry Dorogu -- If you can't beat them, shun them -- Disputed territory -- Modes of dealing -- Heart rot -- Big potato on top -- Stomach infrastructure -- Eating the cords of society -- The rest of us are just hawking peanuts -- Kill zones -- Strange cartography -- Off with the rat's head.
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Boko Haram's appetite for violence and kidnapping women has thrust them to the top of the global news agenda. In a few years, they have all but severed parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous state and largest economy, from the hands of the government. When they speak the world sees a grimacing ranting demagogue who taunts viewers claiming he will 'eat the heart of the infidel' and calling on Nigerians to reject their corrupt democracy and return to a 'pure' form of Islam. Thousands have been slaughtered in their campaign of purification which has evolved through a bloody civil war. Civilians are trapped between the militants and the military and feel preyed upon by both. This book offers a history of Boko Haram's cultural and religious hinterland in northern Nigeria.
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Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram.
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Islam-- Nigeria.
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Islamic fundamentalism-- Nigeria.
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History.
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History.
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Islam.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Politics and government.
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Nigeria, Northern, History.
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Nigeria, Northern, Politics and government.
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Nigeria.
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Northern Nigeria.
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966.9/056
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BP64.N5W35 2016
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