![]() ![]() His forceful recruitment into the Al Shabaab and a subsequent fortuitous though perilous flight to Dadaab introduces readers to the cruel tyrannical terrorist militia. ![]() Orphaned and surrounded by trouble, Guled strives to remain unostentatious as he pursues education and tries to make ends meet for himself and his sister. Guled, whose story Rawlence opens the narratives with, grows up in Mogadishu where Al Shabaab rules with an iron fist. We also get a rare insight into Kenya’s Northeastern region and national politics, the terror of Al Shabaab in Kenya and Somalia, regional intergovernmental relations especially among the nation-states of Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Ethiopia, as well as a glimpse into the malady that tribalism is for Africa. ![]() The author’s meticulous interaction with refugees in Dadaab yields detailed accounts of the circumstances that brought them to the camp, the impact of their residence in the camp, and the kind of future each of them likely faces. ![]()
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