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• Nigeria: Yusuf Abubakar's Antidote to Violent Extremism
  [Vanguard] The book titled "In God's Name we Fight; embracing and renouncing violent extremism" by Yusuf Abubakar Mamud speaks to young Nigerians especially those living in Northeast Nigeria. The author used very unconventional style to narrate the story of radicalization and de-radicalization. The inherent objective of the book is to communicate to the Nigerian youth the ills of imbibing violent extremist behavior and to illustrate to the government of Nigeria and the world at large some tips useful for de-radicaliz
  
  
• South Africa: Onkgopotse Tiro - Revolutionary Who Paid a Heavy Price for Shaking Apartheid to Its Core
  [The Conversation Africa] The book, "Parcel of Death", is a journey to a revolutionary past. It is a journey but not a return to the past. Former journalist Gaongalelwe Tiro has written a book about his uncle Onkgopotse Tiro - a revolutionary spirit who powered the student uprisings of June 1976 in Soweto, Guguletu - Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Umlazi - Durban, Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg.
  
  
• Africa: A Salutary Lesson in Historical Scholarship
  [Africa In Fact] Book review
  
  
• South Africa: Book Review - Waste Tide
  [New Frame] Chen Qiufan's 'Waste Tide' describes migrancy, pollution, corruption and class struggle South Africans will recognise.