Book of the month
Dead Aid [January 2010]
In this provocative and compelling book, Dambisa Moyo argues that the most important challenge we face today is to destroy the myth that Aid actually works. In the modern globalized economy, simply handing out more money, however well intentioned, will not help the poorest nations achieve sustainable long-term growth.More
Life Laid Bare (The Survivors in Rwanda Speak) [September 2009]
In Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak (2005), French journalist Hatzfeld interviewed the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide that killed several hundred thousand Tutsis. Now he returns to speak to 14 survivors, who remember the horrifying atrocity they witnessed, from a 12-year-old schoolboy (who hid in a mound of corpses) to a 60-year-old teacher (who remembers his well-educated neighbors with their machetes). More
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles [August 2009]
Richard Dowden takes us on a journey through history and geography of the African continent. Naturally his 553-page book cannot cover all African countries he, however, gives a concise acount of a number of selected states which he especially focused on as a journalist since he first came to Uganda in the 1970s.More
Out of Exile [April 2009]
Sudan saw a long and devastating civil war that officially ended when a cease-fire was signed in 2005. Despite this official agreement country will have to grapple with the social consequences of the war for years to come. One of the most egregious humanitarian abuses of the war was the displacement of millions southern Sudanese. Many fled to escape violence, while others were forced to move away from their homes as slaves.
Here in this collection of interviews, in their own words, men and women recount life before their displacement and the reasons for their flight, as well as their incredible struggles to reach and survive in the major stations of the "refugee railroads" — the desert camps of Khartoum, the underground communities of Cairo, the humanitarian metropolis of Kakuma refugee camp, and the still-growing internally displaced persons camps in Darfur.More
