 Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, this powerful novel tells the story of young YaTa and her dreams that became nightmares. The terrorist group attacked her village and killed most of her family. Before the abduction, she had a promising future of getting a university scholarship and becoming a teacher. The book is written in poetic vignettes that tell how the girls were forced to follow their captors’ radical beliefs. The narrator was forced to marry a man who used her for her body. But she refused to be brainwashed. An enlightening afterword by Italian journalist Viviana Mazza gives more information about the kidnapping. References and resources are also included. mjw |
| Title: Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree Author: Adobe Tricia Nwaubani Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Copyright: 2018 Original Language: English ISBN: 978-0-06-269672-4 Hardcover pages: 336 Age range: 14 up Genre: Fiction Book setting: Nigeria Author’s ethnicity: Nigerian Author’s residence: Abuja, Nigeria Subjects: Africa, Girls, Human rights, Prejudice and racism, Survival, Violence |
Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree
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