{"product_id":"a-moonless-starless-sky-ordinary-women-and-men-fighting-extremism-in-africa-paperback","title":"A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexis Okeowo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2018 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A rich and urgently necessary book\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Moonless, Starless Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Moonless, Starless Sky\u003c\/i\u003e Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Okeowo\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and a fellow at New America. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. The daughter of immigrant parents, Okeowo grew up in Alabama and attended Princeton University. She was based in Lagos, Nigeria, from 2012 to 2015, and now lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733445996851,"sku":"9780316382922","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/fUHf-1m48u9780316382922.webp?v=1763931565","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-moonless-starless-sky-ordinary-women-and-men-fighting-extremism-in-africa-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}