Aisha: The story of the Northern Nigeria girl child, the perils and woes of insurgencies and terrorism

by Moses Opara

What becomes of a girl child whose tomorrow is exposed to insurgency? "If they uphold religion and tribe with zealLet them also uphold livesFor where love and peace are lostReligion and tribe are nothing but walking corpses"Many people have lost their lives, exposed to different abuse; abandon their homes, property and their family in the face of insurgency and other life-threatening situations in northern Nigeria.The novel Aisha enlightens us about the gory activities of the much dreaded rebellious sect that have tampered with the peace and harmony of Nigeria and the world. And the determination of a young girl who opts to be educated at all costs not minding the situations around her.The victims of these insurgencies are not just those who were murdered or died while escaping death, but those who live to tell the story with pains and memories that will always live with them. Many displaced persons at the camps have learned to live with death accompanied by the hardship, hunger, diseases, rape, and sufferings they have endured in recent times. Many of them are absent from themselves and have no notion of the locations of their loved ones. They only hang hope across their grieving necks that one day the storm will be over. "If they uphold religion band tribe with zealLet them also uphold livesFor where love and peace are lostReligion and tribe are nothing but walking corpses"Many people have lost their lives, exposed to different abuse; abandon their homes, property and their family in the face of insurgency and other life-threatening situations in northern Nigeria.The novel Aisha enlightens us about the gory activities of the much dreaded rebellious sect that have tampered with the peace and harmony of Nigeria and the world. And the determination of a young girl who opts to be educated at all costs not minding the situations around her.The victims of these insurgencies are not just those who were murdered or died while escaping death, but those who live to tell the story with pains and memories that will always live with them. Many displaced persons at the camps have learned to live with death accompanied by the hardship, hunger, diseases, rape, and sufferings they have endured in recent times. Many of them are absent from themselves and have no notion of the locations of their loved ones. They only hang hope across their grieving necks that one day the storm will be over.

79 pages, Paperback

Published February 4, 2021