Searching for Boko Haram - A History of Violence in Central Africa

This book provides much-needed historical context to the recent rise of Boko Haram, which has terrorised northeastern Nigeria through the last six years. It particularly examines the links between Boko Haram and borderland phenomena ¿ especially slave-raiding, banditry, and smuggling ¿ in this region during the last millennium.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction/Chronological Guide


• 2: Deep Time, Modern Consequences


• 3: Making the Mountains


• 4: Frontiers and Enslavement


• 5: Coupeurs de Route and Douaniers-Combattantes


• 6: Understanding Boko Haram


• 7: Conclusions


• Selected Readings

About the author

Scott MacEachern is Professor of Anthropology at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. He holds MA and PhD degrees in Archaeology from the University of Calgary. He has done archaeological research in Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, the United States and Canada, and travelled extensively in Africa.

Summary

This book provides much-needed historical context to the recent rise of Boko Haram, which has terrorised northeastern Nigeria through the last six years. It particularly examines the links between Boko Haram and borderland phenomena -- especially slave-raiding, banditry, and smuggling -- in this region during the last millennium.

Additional text

Scott MacEachern's monograph makes a notable contribution to the study of the history of the Lake Chad Basin region in general and to the study of the activities of the militant Boko Haram group in particular. Indeed, the book may take a rightful place among the works of modern historians and social anthropologists.

Product details

• Authors: Scott MacEachern, Scott (Professor of Anthropology Maceachern, MacEachern Scott
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780190492526
• ISBN: 978-0-19-049252-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / West, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Terrorism, armed struggle, African History, History and Archaeology, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing