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Borno State & the New Shape of Fear
Numbers matter. The governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, Keshim Shettima, estimates that 100,000 residents of his state alone have been killed during the insurgency launched by Boko Haram in its...
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Trade Unions Assist in Recovery Efforts in State Hardest Hit by Boko Haram
In 2015, Boko Haram replaced ISIS as the deadliest terrorist organization in the world. The underlying causes of the security crisis in Nigeria are numerous and complex. The effect of climate change, income...
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New War and Old Judgement: The Study of Political Violence in Africa, Part 3
Scholar Christopher K. Johnson introduces and rejects the premise of a New World theory in Part 1 and describes some of the support terrorist group Boko Haram receives on the ground in Part 2. A Need To...
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New War, Old Judgment: The Study of Political Violence in Africa, Part 2
Read Part 1 here, where Face2Face Africa Contributor Christopher Johnson discusses why he rejects the New War theory and how it oversimplifies modern day terrorists, such as Boko Haram. Does Control...
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New War, Old Judgment: The Study of Political Violence in Africa, Part 1
The Nigerian separatist group Boko Haram (pictured) is often packaged as something new and exotic in the Western press. It, and other groups like it, are presented as manifestations of what some perceive...
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Am I Wrong to Feel Safe in Africa?
The baggage created by the reality of race and class in the U.S. can push an African-American to extremes upon arrival in Africa. One might be left with the unfortunate choice of viewing the continent...
