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City of thorns : nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp / Ben Rawlence.

Rawlence, Ben, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781250118738
  • ISBN: 1250118735
  • ISBN: 1250067634
  • ISBN: 9781250067630
  • Physical Description: xvi, 384 pages : maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Picador, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 363-381).
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Ma'a Lul - Famine -- 1 Horn of Africa 9 -- 2 Guled 12 -- 3 Maryam 22 -- 4 Ifo 32 -- 5 Nisho 46 -- 6 Isha 57 -- 7 Hawajube 62 -- 8 A Friday in Nairobi 68 -- 9 Maiden Voyage 72 -- 10 Silent March 83 -- 11 Muna and Monday 88 -- 12 Live from Dadaab 102 -- 13 Billai 111 -- Part 2 Rob - Rain -- 14 Kidnap 125 -- 15 Jubaland Initiative 131 -- 16 Tawane 137 -- 17 Heroes Day 146 -- 18 Kheyro 156 -- 19 Police! Police! 162 -- 20 Nomads in the City 174 -- 21 We Are Not Here to Impose Solutions from Afar 182 -- 22 Y = al-Shabaab 187 -- 23 Buufis 192 -- 24 Grufor 199 -- 25 In Bed with the Enemy 213 -- Part 3 Guri - Home -- 26 Crackdown! 225 -- 27 Stain of Sugar 231 -- 28 Becoming a Leader 241 -- 29 Too Much Football 251 -- 30 Night Watchmen 263 -- 31 Sugar Daddy 269 -- 32 Italy or Die Trying 278 -- 33 Waiting for the Moon 285 -- 34 Eid El-Fitr 295 -- 35 Solar Mamas 306 -- 36 Knowledge Never Expires 314 -- 37 Welcome to Westgate 320 -- 38 Westgate Two 328 -- 39 A Lap Dance with the UN 336 -- 40 A Better Place 344.
Subject: Dadaab Refugee Camp.
Refugee camps > Kenya.
Refugees > Kenya.
Refugees > Somalia.
Somali-Ethiopian Conflict, 1979-
Somalia > History > 1991-
Kenya > History > 1963-

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