Beneath the tamarind tree : a story of courage, family, and the lost schoolgirls of Boko Haram

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Beneath the tamarind tree : a story of courage, family, and the lost schoolgirls of Boko Haram

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a story of courage, family, and the lost schoolgirls of Boko Haram

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Isha Sesay

Language

eng

Summary

The host of "CNN Newsroom Live" presents a definitive account of Boko Haram's 2014 abduction of two hundred seventy-six Chibok schoolgirls, sharing first-person insights based on the author's escape with twenty-one survivors
An account of the lost girls of Boko Haram and why their story still matters. In the early morning of April 14, 2014, the militant Islamic group Boko Haram violently burst into the small town of Chibok, Nigeria, and abducted 276 girls from their school dorm rooms. From poor families, these girls were determined to make better lives for themselves, but pursuing an education made them targets, resulting in one of the most high-profile abductions in modern history. Isha Sesay follows the journeys of Priscilla, Saa, and Dorcas in an uplifting tale of sisterhood and survival. Sesay delves into the Nigerian government's inadequate response to the kidnapping, exposes the hierarchy of how the news gets covered, and synthesizes crucial lessons about global national security. She also reminds us of the personal sacrifice required of journalists to bring us the truth at a time of growing mistrust of the media

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NjBwBT

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363.32509669

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index present

LC call number

HV6433.N62

LC item number

B6734 2019

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography

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