The Chibok Girls Explained

The Chibok Girls
Author:Helon Habila
Country:Nigeria
Language:English
Subject:2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping/Boko Haram insurgency
Genre:Non-fiction
Publisher:Columbia Global Reports
Pub Date:5 December 2016
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

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 Magazines 13 must-read nonfiction books in December 2016.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Returning to the Chibok Girls, and the Boko Haram Kidnappings | The Leonard Lopate Show. The Leonard Lopate Show. Lopate, Leonard. 30 November 2016. 22 October 2021. WYNC.
  2. Web site: Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Shelf Awareness. Nicolson, Harold. 27 December 2016. 22 October 2021.
  3. Web site: THE CHIBOK GIRLS | Kirkus Reviews. Habila, Helon. Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 22 October 2021. 6 October 2021.
  4. Web site: 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. 22 October 2021.
  5. Web site: The Chibok Girls: Novelist Helon Habila's Tells The Story of Those Kidnapped by Boko Haram. Kpade, Sabo. 6 July 2017. 22 October 2021. OkayAfrica.
  6. Web site: The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila review – a portrait of resilience. 28 April 2017. Smith, PD. The Guardian. 22 October 2021.
  7. Web site: In search of their kidnapping. Rogers, Jenny. 5 January 2017. The Washington Post. 22 October 2021.
  8. Web site: The Ordinary Perpetrators and Victims in the Boko Haram Kidnappings. Ann. Hulbert. 13 December 2016. The Atlantic.
  9. Web site: Helon Habila… Charting the Chibok Girls’ tortuous path to perdition. Alkali, Zaynab. 12 April 2017. 22 October 2021. The Guardian Nigeria.
  10. Web site: The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila review — a community stricken by tragedy. Patrick. Heardman. 23 December 2016. 22 October 2021. Financial Times.
  11. Web site: 13 Must-Read Nonfiction Books Out In December 2016. 1 December 2021. Long, Stephanie Topacio. 22 October 2021.

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