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'Eat the heart of the infidel' :

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'Eat the heart of the infidel' :

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the harrowing of Nigeria and the rise of Boko Haram /

Andrew Walker.

London :

Hurst & Company,

2016.

©2016

xvi, 281 pages :

maps ;

22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513

Boko Haram.

Boko Haram.

Boko Haram.

Islam-- Nigeria.

Islamic fundamentalism-- Nigeria.

History.

History.

Islam.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Politics and government.

Nigeria, Northern, History.

Nigeria, Northern, Politics and government.

Nigeria.

Northern Nigeria.

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