Inside Boko Haram - Unravelling the Myths of an African Catastrophe

Explores Boko Haram's resilience, local support and economic networks, and its roots in a pre-colonial political order among the Kanuri people of Lake Chad.

About the author

Bulama Bukarti is a Kanuri-speaking senior analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in London, focusing on violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa. A trained lawyer with a postgraduate degree from Kano University, and a current doctoral candidate at SOAS University of London, Bukarti hails from North-Eastern Nigeria.

Product details

• Authors: Bulama Bukarti
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781787388109
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-810-9
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nigeria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Terrorism, armed struggle, Chad