The Chibok Girls
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| Author | Helon Habila |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping/Boko Haram insurgency |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Columbia Global Reports |
Publication date | 5 December 2016 |
| Publication place | Nigeria |
| 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 (30 November 2016). "Returning to the Chibok Girls, and the Boko Haram Kidnappings | The Leonard Lopate Show". The Leonard Lopate Show. WYNC. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Nicolson, Harold (27 December 2016). "Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, December 27, 2016". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Habila, Helon (6 October 2021). "THE CHIBOK GIRLS | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved 22 October 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 22 October 2021.
- ^ Kpade, Sabo (6 July 2017). "The Chibok Girls: Novelist Helon Habila's Tells The Story of Those Kidnapped by Boko Haram". OkayAfrica. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Smith, PD (28 April 2017). "The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila review – a portrait of resilience". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Jenny (5 January 2017). "In search of their kidnapping". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Hulbert, Ann (13 December 2016). "The Ordinary Perpetrators and Victims in the Boko Haram Kidnappings". The Atlantic.
- ^ Alkali, Zaynab (12 April 2017). "Helon Habila… Charting the Chibok Girls' tortuous path to perdition". The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Heardman, Patrick (23 December 2016). "The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila review — a community stricken by tragedy". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Long, Stephanie Topacio (1 December 2021). "13 Must-Read Nonfiction Books Out In December 2016". Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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