Prologue: ‘I think the Worst has Happened’ ‘Then You Should Wait for the Outcome’ ‘His Preachings Were Things that People could Identify With’ ‘I Will not Tolerate a Brawl’ ‘I Don’t Know, They’re in the Bush Epilogue: ‘They Should Not Be Allowed to Die in this Condition’ A Note on Sources Bibliography
Interspersed with history, this book delves into the roots of the unholy war being waged against the backdrop of an evolving extremist threat worldwide.
Mike Smith is a foreign correspondent for AFP news agency and was bureau chief in Western Africa from 2010 to 2013, based in Nigeria. He has extensively covered the Boko Haram insurgency.
'[readers] get a vivid impression of the horrors associated with the group and the campaign against it, thanks to Mr Smith's reporting-the book's main strength...Considering the dearth of information available, this is a commendable first draft of history.' - The Economist; 'The best bits of Inside Nigeria's Unholy War are focused reportage such as the moving tale of Wellington Asiayei, an assistant police superintendent shot in a 2012 attack in the northern city of Kano...Smith's achievement is in diligently marshalling the available information... What shines through is his measured anger, shared by many Nigerians, about a country battered by empire builders, the curse of oil, the military and a devastating 1967-70 civil war.' - Michael Peel, Financial Times; 'Meticulously reported' - Joshua Hammer, New York Review of Books; 'eminently readable...fascinating passages...this book is based on his [the author's] own reporting, lending it genuine authority...he writes with perception, clarity and fair-mindedness.' - David Blair, The Sunday Telegraph
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