Beneath the Tamarind Tree

Beneath the Tamarind Tree
First edition
AuthorIsha Sesay
LanguageEnglish
Subject2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping/Boko Haram insurgency
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
7 September 2019
Publication placeNigeria
Pages382(first edition)
ISBN978-0062686671

Beneath the Tamarind Tree styled as Beneath the Tamarind Tree — A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram is a 2019 non-fiction social novel by Isha Sesay. The novel was written when Sesay was a journalist at CNN International. It gave the details about the 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping by Boko Haram.[1][2][3]

See also

  • Girl (2019), a fictional account of one of the Chibok victims by Edna O'Brien

References

  1. ^ "Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram by Isha Sesay". World Literature Today. 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ Sengupta, Somini (9 July 2019). "The Story of the Boko Haram Schoolgirls, by a Reporter Who Takes It Personally". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Nigerian Schoolgirls' Abduction Told In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree'". NPR.


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