Sule Can Bücher

As the gifted young Murtala comes of age in Kano, violent riots and his family's own woes threaten to erase all he holds dear. Stalked by monsters real and imagined, desperate to preserve a sense of self and the future, Murtala hunts for answers in the wreckage of the city - and gives us a unique insight into modern life in northern Nigeria.

Introduction: War, Displacement and Encounters at the Border Fragile Diversities: Antakya (Hatay) as a Border City Refugee Encounters: Border Regime and Syrianness Urban Encounters: Negotiating State, Identity and Labor Encounters of the Political: Cultural Revival after 2011.