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Stolen Girls: Survivors of Boko Haram Tell Their Story
Written by Wolfgang Bauer
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
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One night in April 2014, members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram raided the small town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria and abducted 276 young girls from the local boarding school. The event caused massive, international outrage. Using the hashtag "Bring Back Our Girls," politicians, activists, and celebrities from all around the world-among them First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai-protested.
Some of the girls were able to escape and award winning journalist Wolfgang Bauer spent several weeks with them as they recounted their ordeal. In Stolen Girls, he gives voice to these girls, allowing them to speak for themselves-about their lives before the abduction, about the horrors during their captivity, and their dreams of a better future. Bauer's reportage is complemented by over a dozen stunning portraits by award winning photographer Andy Spyra.
Bauer also examines the historical and political background of the Islamist terror in the heart of Africa, showing how Boko Haram works and describing the damage it has done to the fragile balance of ethnicities and cultures in one of the world's most diverse regions.
Some of the girls were able to escape and award winning journalist Wolfgang Bauer spent several weeks with them as they recounted their ordeal. In Stolen Girls, he gives voice to these girls, allowing them to speak for themselves-about their lives before the abduction, about the horrors during their captivity, and their dreams of a better future. Bauer's reportage is complemented by over a dozen stunning portraits by award winning photographer Andy Spyra.
Bauer also examines the historical and political background of the Islamist terror in the heart of Africa, showing how Boko Haram works and describing the damage it has done to the fragile balance of ethnicities and cultures in one of the world's most diverse regions.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHighbridge Company
TranslatorEric Frederick Trump
Release dateApr 11, 2017
ISBN9781681685908
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Reviews for Stolen Girls
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well written. Heart wrenching! The pain, suffering young girls go through at the hands of men and misguided females were at times too much . . . .
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The stories are horrifying and the worst part of it all is after they manage to escape the torture their own society that is aware of the torture and kidnappings then turn around and mark the girls unclean and kick them out of society. leaving the girls feeling ashamed as though they are the ones who did something wrong. sadly the girls go back to their villages because where else could they go?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While it does feel weird to write a review about a book like this, I think where I end up commenting on is the clarity of conveying the experiences and context to the reader. I thought Bauer's approach of interchanging between having the survivors of these kidnappings telling their stories and giving background and context to their stories was effective. It kept the focus on them while making sure that those who don't know many details of what happened have the information they need to more fully grasp what these people went through. Though, I think there is no fully understanding unless a person has experienced what they did. This was definitely an emotionally hard book to read, but an important one nevertheless.The style and format of this book reminded me of We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria.Content Warnings: violence, torture, death, trauma, fighting, rape (while most things are not described in detail, there are some short descriptions, but these are topics that are mentioned frequently throughout the book)