Overview
Analyses the management of internal displacement caused by activities of Boko Haram’s terrorist insurgence in Nigeria
Chronicles the concrete living conditions of displaced persons
Analyzes the role played by the Nigerian government and international aid agencies in managing this displacement
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book analyses the management of the internal displacement caused by activities of Boko Haram’s terrorist insurgence in Nigeria. With over 3.1m persons displaced, the humanitarian crisis is at teeter ends with acute malnourishment, inadequate wash and non-relief materials, improper hygiene facilities, and lack of access to basic relief aid for displaced persons. The array of humanitarian organisations belies the concrete living conditions of displaced persons and calls to question the huge resources assumed to be expended on managing the humanitarian crisis in the northeast of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin in general. Based on ethnographic research in IDP camps, the book chronicles the concrete living conditions of displaced persons and argues that IDPs in Northeastern Nigeria have been victimised first by Boko Haram’s terrorism, and then victimised again by inefficient, un-coordinated, and unsuitable displacement management programs. This book also explicate the roles played by the Nigerian government and international aid agencies in managing this displacement, vis-à-vis a comparative analysis of similar, but better managed displacement situations in Kenya, Lebanon, and Turkey.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Medinat Abdulazeez Malefakis is a Fellow at Collegium Helveticum Zurich, Switzerland. She is also the Nigeria Consultant at Global Survivors Fund and Independent Review Panel Member at Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Humanitarian Displacement and Boko Haram in Nigeria
Authors: Medinat Abdulazeez Malefakis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99784-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99783-0Published: 12 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99786-1Published: 13 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99784-7Published: 11 May 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 174
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Studies, International Relations, Regionalism, International Security Studies, African Politics