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The World Was In Our Hands Author: Chitra Nagarajan
₦8,500.00
Title: The World Was In Our Hands
Author: Chitra Nagarajan Synopsis
Synopsis
A moving, often provocative, and ultimately vital collection of first-hand accounts of people living through the Boko Haram conflict. From abducted girls to brash soldiers, and from community leaders to simple fishermen, this collection provides an insight into the realities of those living through the conflict, making this an essential cultural archive. The World Was in Our Hands covers themes of patriarchy, the economy, climate change, and corruption, to paint a picture that is much broader than what has been captured through news coverage.
About the author
Chitra Nagarajan is an activist, researcher, and writer. She has spent the last 15 years working on human rights and peace building and is involved in feminist, anti-racist, anti-fundamentalist and queer movements.
Blurbs
“…The World Was in Our Hands represents the exemplary work of a skilled and sensitive interviewer and researcher… The book has tremendous value for anyone interested in present- day Africa, as well as anyone hoping to understand how ordinary people experience war and its effects.” – Alexander Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati.
“A remarkable chronicle of the people who have lived through some of the most harrowing events in recent history, often spoken about, yet rarely listened to. With immense sensitivity and profound care, Chitra Nagarajan has given the world their beautiful, moving, devastating stories. It is important that all of us read them.” – Angela Saini, journalist and author of The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule.
“…This work is important, and we will all be the better for paying attention to what the people of Borno have to say. They are no less Nigerian than anyone of us.” – Feyi Fawehinmi, co-author of Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation.
“Chitra’s book, The World was in our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict, is so far the most important work to emerge from the current tragedy in the Lake Chad basin…. Policymakers and field workers would better equip themselves by familiarising themselves with its contents. This book is a must-read for all, and service to humanity.” – Garba Ibrahim, Associate Professor, Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Maiduguri
“A most sensitively woven records of heart-wrenching recollection of horrors by those who survived conflict…” –Fakhrriyyah Hashim
Price: 8,500
