Okeowo, Alexis

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October 25, 2017

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Journalist Chronicles Ordinary People Fighting Extremism In Africa

New Yorker writer Alexis Okeowo wanted to get past standard journalistic narratives of war and tragedy and show people as flawed, complicated individuals in her new book, A Moonless, Starless Sky.

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