"Media is Glamorizing Boko Haram" - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani born in Enugu, Nigeria is a novelist, essayist, journalist and humorist.
As a teenager, she secretly dreamed of becoming a CIA or KGB agent. She studied Psychology at the University of Ibadan. Her first income was from winning a writing competition at the age of 13.
She is also the author of "I Do Not Come to You by Chance," a debut novel set amidst the perilous world of Nigerian email scams. Her book won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Africa), a Betty Trask First Book award, and was named by the Washington Post as one of the Best Books of 2009.
In a recent article Adaobi argues that while media coverage is necessary, they are actually glamorizing Boko Haram. In her own words "turning Boko Haram into 'superstar monsters'" Read what else she has to say on CNN
Also you can read Life With Boko Haram By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Here
As a teenager, she secretly dreamed of becoming a CIA or KGB agent. She studied Psychology at the University of Ibadan. Her first income was from winning a writing competition at the age of 13.
She is also the author of "I Do Not Come to You by Chance," a debut novel set amidst the perilous world of Nigerian email scams. Her book won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Africa), a Betty Trask First Book award, and was named by the Washington Post as one of the Best Books of 2009.
In a recent article Adaobi argues that while media coverage is necessary, they are actually glamorizing Boko Haram. In her own words "turning Boko Haram into 'superstar monsters'" Read what else she has to say on CNN
Also you can read Life With Boko Haram By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Here
"Media is Glamorizing Boko Haram" - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
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