City of thorns : nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp /
Rawlence, Ben,
City of thorns : nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp / Ben Rawlence. - xvi, 384 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 363-381).
PART ONE. Maʼa lul: Famine. The Horn of Africa ; Guled ; Maryam ; Ifo ; Nisho ; Isha ; Hawa Jube ; A Friday in Nairobi ; Maiden voyage ; The silent march ; Muna and Monday ; Live from Dadaab ; Billai -- PART TWO. Rob: Rain. Kidnap ; The Jubaland Initiative ; Tawane ; Heroes day ; Kheyro ; Police! Police! ; Nomads in the city ; We are not here to impose solutions from afar ; Y = al-Shabaab ; Buufis ; Grufor ; In bed with the enemy -- PART THREE. Guri: Home. Crackdown! ; The stain of sugar ; Becoming a leader ; Too much football ; The night watchman ; Sugar daddy ; Italy, or die trying ; Waiting for the moon ; Eid El-Fitr ; Solar mamas ; Knowledge never expires ; Welcome to Westgate ; Westgate two ; A lap dance with the UN ; A better place.
A researcher for Human Rights Watch describes the refugee camp in Dadaab, home to those fleeing civil war in Somalia, and highlights the life of various residents, including a former child soldier, a schoolgirl and a youth leader. --Publisher.
9781250067630 1250067634
2015029505
Refugee camps--Kenya.
Refugees--Kenya.
Refugees--Somalia.
Somali-Ethiopian Conflict, 1979-
City of thorns : nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp / Ben Rawlence. - xvi, 384 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 363-381).
PART ONE. Maʼa lul: Famine. The Horn of Africa ; Guled ; Maryam ; Ifo ; Nisho ; Isha ; Hawa Jube ; A Friday in Nairobi ; Maiden voyage ; The silent march ; Muna and Monday ; Live from Dadaab ; Billai -- PART TWO. Rob: Rain. Kidnap ; The Jubaland Initiative ; Tawane ; Heroes day ; Kheyro ; Police! Police! ; Nomads in the city ; We are not here to impose solutions from afar ; Y = al-Shabaab ; Buufis ; Grufor ; In bed with the enemy -- PART THREE. Guri: Home. Crackdown! ; The stain of sugar ; Becoming a leader ; Too much football ; The night watchman ; Sugar daddy ; Italy, or die trying ; Waiting for the moon ; Eid El-Fitr ; Solar mamas ; Knowledge never expires ; Welcome to Westgate ; Westgate two ; A lap dance with the UN ; A better place.
A researcher for Human Rights Watch describes the refugee camp in Dadaab, home to those fleeing civil war in Somalia, and highlights the life of various residents, including a former child soldier, a schoolgirl and a youth leader. --Publisher.
9781250067630 1250067634
2015029505
Refugee camps--Kenya.
Refugees--Kenya.
Refugees--Somalia.
Somali-Ethiopian Conflict, 1979-