In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowoa vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continents wave of fundamentalism.In A Moonless, Starless Sky, Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Konys LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a womens basketball team flourishing amid war ...
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In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowoa vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continents wave of fundamentalism.In A Moonless, Starless Sky, Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Konys LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a womens basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of Americas most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinarylives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.
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