Boko Haram, Asylum, and Memes of Africa
This opinion piece examines evidence that Boko Haram is being invoked in asylum and refugee contexts. The author suggests that Boko Haram has emerged a meme of contemporary Africa, insofar as it appears to have become a cultural reference tool for wider anxieties and jeopardies, one that is transmit...
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Brill
2015
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Hawwa
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 148-153 |
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Boko Haram
asylum
refugees
Africa
meme
trafficking
forced marriage
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