Against Western Education is a response to the 200 Nigerian women kidnapped by Boko Haram. I visited East Africa shortly after the kidnapping and engaged in dialogue with locals about the terrorist group. Gender is an important factor in Boko Haram’s tactics, ideology and violent actions*. The violence in Nigeria continues to go widely unreported in mainstream media in the United States.
* Zenn, J. and Pearson, E. (2014) ‘Women, gender and the evolving tactics of Boko Haram’, Journal of terrorism research, Vol. 5, Issue 1 (special issue) pp.46-57. St Andrews, UK: The Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.
* Zenn, J. and Pearson, E. (2014) ‘Women, gender and the evolving tactics of Boko Haram’, Journal of terrorism research, Vol. 5, Issue 1 (special issue) pp.46-57. St Andrews, UK: The Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.