Description

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

About the Author

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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 for The Guardian, New Humanist, New Internationalist, This is Africa and Ventures Africa and appeared on Sky News and the BBC World Service. She co-edited She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak, a book of narratives published by Cassava Republic Press.