Infernal Paradise – the entangled rationales of Boko Haram

Visual Cultural Studies at is organising a conference on Boko Haram April 6-8, AT: SVHUM B-1005 

 

Students can participate for free, you are all invited.

 

Website: http://site.uit.no/bokoharam

There so much violence going on in the world at the moment, and we would like to discuss the processes that lead to such phenomena. The topic of the conference is Boko Haram. 

Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has pitted neighbor against neighbor, village against village, posing a serious and sustained threat to northeastern Nigeria’s regional security. To date–and with no end in sight–an estimated 45,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million displaced, in addition to damage or destruction to hundreds of schools, mosques, churches, and government buildings in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad.

 

Representatives from local populations and academia from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon will present concrete experiences from the presence of Boko Haram. Moreover, the Norwegian ambassador to Nigeria, Eva Joly and researchers from UiT will present and have dialogues with the representatives from Africa.

We welcome active participation from students in the discussions.

Please register at:          http://site.uit.no/bokoharam/registration/

Looking forward to see you all!

 

On behalf of VCS,

Prof. Lisbet Holtedahl