A moonless, starless sky

ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa

240 pages

English language

Published April 6, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-316-38293-9
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OCLC Number:
972386204

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Presents accounts of everyday men and women living amidst war and extremism.

2 editions

Review of 'A moonless, starless sky' on 'Goodreads'

It’s fine to build a book out of a collection of New Yorker articles, but splitting them in half serves no purpose. And the author’s appearances in the text were inconsistent and rarely served a purpose. Still, the stories themselves were very interesting, especially the one about Mauritania, which has been less told.

Subjects

  • Extremists
  • Forced marriage
  • Human rights workers
  • Islamic fundamentalism
  • Abduction
  • Political activists
  • Slavery

Places

  • Mauritania
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Somalia
  • Uganda
  • Nigeria
  • Africa