Beneath the Tamarind Tree

Isha Sesay, a CNN journalist who covered the story from the start, reports on the April 2014 abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria. Drawing on survivor testimony and firsthand reporting, the book recounts their captivity, the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign and the government failures that left many still missing.

ISBN 9780062686626 · Dey Street Books · 2019