Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

Name: Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
ISBN: 9780062890207

Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/04/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes

Synopsis

Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist Viviana Mazza. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren’t too far out of reach.But the girl’s dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors’ radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she’s been told.Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life—her future—is hers to fight for.

About Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is a Nigerian writer and journalist. The author of the award-winning novel I Do Not Come to You by Chance, Adaobi has had her writing featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, and the New Yorker. You can find her at www.adaobitricia.com.

About Viviana Mazza

Viviana Mazza is an Italian journalist who won the 2010 Marco Luchetta Journalist Prize, dedicated to raising awareness of the plight of children affected by war. She has also written The Story of Malala and The Baby Nelson Mandela, which were published in Italy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by April (Aprilius Maximus) on September 06, 2018

Wow, I learnt so much reading this. The world can be such a horrible place :(......more

Goodreads review by Rosh on March 17, 2024

Khaled Hosseini had written in The Kite Runner, "Some stories don't need telling." A corollary to that would be that some stories need to be told. Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree (BBBT) is one of them. BBBT tells the story of a brave young girl, whose name and age aren't revealed throughout the story......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on March 13, 2019

This young-adult novel tells the story of the “stolen girls” of northern Nigeria, where the militant terrorist group Boko Haram has been burning villages, kidnapping the young girls, and slaughtering the rest of the residents. The author gives the reader a vivid picture of life in a small Nigerian v......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on November 06, 2021

I don’t even know where to begin with this emotionally charged and powerful story. I was at a complete loss for words after finishing this book, it completely took my breath away. It’s both beautiful and horrifying at the same time and I won’t soon forget it. Shame on me but I knew very little about......more