Rethinking Boko Haram Aiping Wang It also demonstrates in a

It also demonstrates in a way few books have done before the local

It forms part of a growing body of literature by long-term refugees who have turned to writing to reach out to the world community from their place of incarceration and to maintain their own sense of humanity and dignity

New to the Second Edition: Substantially updates all chapters Includes four new chapters: The DNP Project

She also challenges the de facto secularism of neoliberal development--revealing how economic activity and faith are intertwined in a postcolonial context

Based on exemplary archival research and scholarship

Rethinking Boko Haram Aiping Wang It also demonstrates in aSince the early 2000s, the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has been the subject of thousands of works by journalists, intelligence and NGO officers, and academic writers. Yet due to recycled themes, stale narratives, and fragmented sources, knowledge about the movement's origins, motivations, and continued transformation remains incomplete. Rethinking Boko Haram provides much needed updates to older understandings of Boko Haram's religious,