BringBackOurGirls
Transnational Activism and the Remediation of the 2014 Chibok Girls' Kidnapping in Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2098673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chijioke K Onah (0000-0002-7375-567X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 295-320 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2024.13 |
| OpenAlex | W4395095520 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 44 |
In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped almost three hundred girls attending school in Chibok, Nigeria. The #BringBackOurGirls campaign emerged as a global activist movement in the aftermath of that kidnapping. Onah's article analyzes the global mediascapes of the campaign to show the mnemonic affordances of the Chibok girls' kidnapping and the intermedial dynamics that coalesced to make it a global memory phenomenon. By foregrounding the transhistorical and intermedial connections at the core of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, it consolidates the understanding of remediation in memory studies. Consequently, Onah proposes new ways to understand African memorial traditions and testimonial practices in an increasingly hyperconnected world
Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Sex work and related issues
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Black Message/White Envelope
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |