{"product_id":"a-history-of-borno-vincent-hiribarren-9781849044745","title":"A History of Borno: Trans-Saharan African Empire to Failing Nigerian State","description":"Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat, but it was once the heartland of the Kanuri-speaking royal empire of Kanem-Borno, renowned throughout Africa and beyond, which in its later incarnation, the Bornu Empire, lasted from 1380 to 1893. This book offers the reader the first modern history of Borno, drawing upon sources in London, Berlin, Paris, Kaduna and Maiduguri and recently released 'migrated archives'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs its longevity suggests, what is particularly remarkable about Borno is the permanence of its boundaries-its territorial integrity-which dates back centuries, and the political and social identities that such borders framed in the minds of its inhabitants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Hiribarren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849044740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849044745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017","brand":"Vincent Hiribarren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938992128255,"sku":"9781849044745","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6ec8d9e3-4fc4-41a6-ac3c-d84a0970bb5e.jpg?v=1681438857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-borno-vincent-hiribarren-9781849044745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}