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Nuanced about Boko Haram

Ketil Fred Hansen
Review written by Ketil Fred Hansen
Women and the war on Boko Haram. Wives, weapons, witnesses
Forfatter: Hilary Matfess
Forlag: Zed (African Arguments) (London)
Over the past three years, Hilary Matfess has interviewed a number of women who have been liberated from Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria. She challenges the reader to nuance her image of the group.




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Ketil Fred Hansen
Ketil Fred Hansen
Hansen is a professor of social sciences at UiS and a regular reviewer at Ny Tid.

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