Overview

While the Boko Haram conflicthas reached a certain level of culturation saturation, what is known about theconflict remains patchy. This collection, featuring interviews with 47 peopleof all genders, ages and a variety of religious backgrounds, foregrounds therealities of those who are living through the conflict and presenting thehumanity of all concerned. Even as theydiscuss the conflict, their narratives also reflect realities beyond violence,making this an essential cultural archive. From age hierarchies and the cultureof deference to elders to high levels of gender inequality and gender-basedviolence; from frustrations with government to unhappiness at community leaderswho are seen as corrupt, politicised, and uncaring; and from the links andconnections between people across national boundaries to how people mobilise tosupport one another, often at great personal danger.

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Author:   Chitra Nagarajan
Publisher:   Cassava Republic Press
Imprint:   Cassava Republic Press
ISBN:  

9781913175566

ISBN 10:   1913175561
Publication Date:   11 June 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction 1.       This is what has become of Maiduguri 2.      Not the society we want 3.      Let me leave now before they bring fight here 4.      The world was in our hands 5.      My whole life was their own 6.      Still hungry to survive 7.       I didn’t know what aikin Allah was but it sounded good 8.      Run and leave it for the child 9.      Because of climate change and because of conflict 10.   Freedom for me 11.    They prayed on me 12.   We take care of each other 13.   At least I have gotten my children 14.   If not, I would have died 15.   I believed we would change the world 16.   We decided, it’s life or death for us 17.   There is so much I do to avoid problems 18.   My life here does not have any sense 19.   We came to hate the whole society except them 20.  It felt good to have this power 21.   I have no freedom 22.  Any country with this level of insecurity is no longer a country 23.  Safely like before 24.  So different from the world we knew 25.  They were real elders - my future is with them 26.  Having a mind of my own 27.  We must stand up and fight for our rights 28.  To keep away the hopelessness 29.  Like the hameji of before 30.  I don’t think we are Nigerian 31.   I am like family to them and they will not abandon me 32.  Determined to do all I could to protect them 33.  The one who saved her daughter’s life 34.  How lucky he is to have me as a wife 35.  A job reserved for women 36.  If they just stopped stigmatising 37.   It was only for a moment I felt sad 38.  It seems that everyone is engaged in doing evil 39.  Nobody knows what happened to me in the bush 40.  To focus instead on the bright future ahead of me 41.   The bloodshed in this land 42.  The last time I saw my daughter 43.  What keeps women there 44.  The Borno we knew 45.  The way to regain peace 46.  I never expected war to be like this 47.  At least here, I have freedom Acknowledgements

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Chitra Nagarajan is a journalist and writer who writes on climate change, conflict, feminism, foreign policy, migration, Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region, race and sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. She has written forThe Guardian,New Humanist,New Internationalist,This is AfricaandVentures Africaand appeared on Sky News and the BBC World Service. She co-editedShe Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak, a book of narratives published by Cassava Republic Press.

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