The Chibok Girls
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| Author | Helon Habila |
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| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | English |
| Subject | 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping/Boko Haram insurgency |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Columbia Global Reports |
Publication date | December 5, 2016 |
| Pages | 128 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-9971264-6-4 |
| Preceded by | Travelers |
The Chibok Girls styled as The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria is a 2016 non-fiction social novel by Nigerian author Helon Habila. The novel was developed due to 2014 kidnaping of 276 Chibok school girls from age 16 to 18 by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram.[1][2][3][4][5]
Reception[edit]
The Guardian described the book as "short and powerful" and that it is "A memorable portrait of individual resilience in a divided, strife-torn nation."[6] Jenny Rogers of The Washington Post described it as a "compelling portrait of a troubled land."[7] The Atlantic described it as a "quietly yet powerfully" novel that "revives the call to take notice."[8] Zaynab Alkali writing for The Guardian Nigeria described the novel as "a narration that carries us along a torturous path of sheer terror."[9] Patrick Heardman of Financial Times reviewed that the novel "is a fascinating portrait of a community stricken by tragedy and ill-served by successive governments in Abuja."[10] It made the Bustle Magazine's 13 must-read nonfiction books in December 2016.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Lopate, Leonard (November 30, 2016). "Returning to the Chibok Girls, and the Boko Haram Kidnappings | The Leonard Lopate Show". The Leonard Lopate Show. WYNC. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Nicolson, Harold (December 27, 2016). "Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, December 27, 2016". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Habila, Helon (October 6, 2021). "THE CHIBOK GIRLS | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria by Helon Habila. Columbia Global Reports, $12.99 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-0-9971264-6-4". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Kpade, Sabo (July 6, 2017). "The Chibok Girls: Novelist Helon Habila's Tells The Story of Those Kidnapped by Boko Haram". OkayAfrica. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Smith, PD (April 28, 2017). "The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila review – a portrait of resilience". The Guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Jenny (January 5, 2017). "In search of their kidnapping". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Hulbert, Ann (December 13, 2016). "The Ordinary Perpetrators and Victims in the Boko Haram Kidnappings". The Atlantic.
- ^ Alkali, Zaynab (April 12, 2017). "Helon Habila… Charting the Chibok Girls' tortuous path to perdition". The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Heardman, Patrick (December 23, 2016). "The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila review — a community stricken by tragedy". Financial Times. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Long, Stephanie Topacio (December 1, 2021). "13 Must-Read Nonfiction Books Out In December 2016". Retrieved October 22, 2021.
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