Mental Health as a Bridge to Peace
Peace, Security and Countering Boko Haram
Mental Health as a Bridge to Peace
Peace, Security and Countering Boko Haram
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Description
The Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria has created a situation of acute and enduring humanitarian need, with mass civilian kidnappings, an estimated 38,000 deaths, and over 3 million displaced by the conflict. This presents a critical leadership challenge, which in the past, has been answered unsuccessfully by state-sanctioned military responses.
In this highly original, multidisciplinary book, Fatima Akilu – who has been tasked with designing Nigeria's countering violent extremism (CVE) programme – argues for a radically different approach, one that treats violent extremism as a public health crisis and trauma as a peace and security issue.
Drawing on many years of expertise working in psychology, health and education, Akilu has reimagined what leadership looks like when it comes to countering violent extremism through centring trauma. The book explores how mental health discourse can be used as a vehicle to strive towards peace in CVE work. Ultimately, this reveals the essential connection between a relational leadership approach and countering violent extremism through centring trauma, both in Nigeria and beyond.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction: Blurring Boundaries, Stretching Silos: Towards An Interdisciplinary Approach to Violent Extremism
Chapter One: Meaningful Accidents: An Unconventional Leadership Journey
Chapter Two: The Boko Haram insurgency: origins and leadership responses
Chapter Three: Centring trauma; rethinking peace
Chapter Four: Towards soft approaches to the Boko Haram insurgency
Chapter Five: Pivot, People, and Programmes: Mental Health, and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) at the Neem Foundation
Chapter Six: How can re-conceptualising leadership draw us closer to sustainable peace? Consolidation, lessons learnt, reflections
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Mar 18 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781350574267 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | African Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Leadership |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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