Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract This book focuses on the challenges encountered by contemporary women-led movements and human rights advocacy in Africa. The #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) movement was founded through an elite middle-class coalition in Nigeria to advocate for the rescue of the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram. The analysis demonstrates that the Chibok girls were caught in a complex web of multilayered toxic presidential politics and movement dynamics in an environment where some lives do not matter. As demonstrated throughout the book, the #BBOG experience has broad implications for human rights advocacy in postcolonial spaces, peace and security in Africa, the war against terrorism in the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin and persistence of social problems in developing countries. This chapter presents a review of the findings and contributions of the book. It also offers suggestions for future research.