The Resource A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa, Alexis Okeowo
A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa, Alexis Okeowo
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- Summary
- New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo weaves together four narratives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary, forming a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 240 pages
- Note
-
- "October 2017"--Title page verso
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
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- Uganda : an LRA love story
- Mauritania : not restrained by chains
- Nigeria : no regrets
- Somalia : war and basketball
- Uganda : in a perfect life
- Mauritania : caravan of freedom
- Nigeria : nobody rescued them
- Somalia : the last two stadiums in Mogadishu
- Isbn
- 9780316382939
- Label
- A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa
- Title
- A moonless, starless sky
- Title remainder
- ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexis Okeowo
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo weaves together four narratives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary, forming a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Okeowo, Alexis
- Dewey number
- 363.3215096
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6433.A35
- LC item number
- O34 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Extremists
- Abduction
- Forced marriage
- Slavery
- Abduction
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Human rights workers
- Political activists
- Slavery
- Label
- A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa, Alexis Okeowo
- Note
-
- "October 2017"--Title page verso
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Uganda : an LRA love story -- Mauritania : not restrained by chains -- Nigeria : no regrets -- Somalia : war and basketball -- Uganda : in a perfect life -- Mauritania : caravan of freedom -- Nigeria : nobody rescued them -- Somalia : the last two stadiums in Mogadishu
- Control code
- ocn972386204
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316382939
- Lccn
- 2017020071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 40027523174
- 40027526189
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316382939
- (OCoLC)972386204
- Label
- A moonless, starless sky : ordinary women and men fighting extremism in Africa, Alexis Okeowo
- Note
-
- "October 2017"--Title page verso
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Uganda : an LRA love story -- Mauritania : not restrained by chains -- Nigeria : no regrets -- Somalia : war and basketball -- Uganda : in a perfect life -- Mauritania : caravan of freedom -- Nigeria : nobody rescued them -- Somalia : the last two stadiums in Mogadishu
- Control code
- ocn972386204
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316382939
- Lccn
- 2017020071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 40027523174
- 40027526189
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316382939
- (OCoLC)972386204
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