Category: Africa

June 21, 2010

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski *** (of 4)

Very thorough review of 50 years of his dispatches from sub-Saharan Africa. He’s a Polish journalist who’s seen it all in Africa and captures the...

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June 17, 2010

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller *** (of 4)

This book is the Angela’s Ashes of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. Fuller is utterly forthcoming about growing up the child of white, racist, ex-pat, British, drunken parents during...

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June 13, 2010

An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina *** (of 4)

A painfully clear explanation of the genocide that overtook Rwanda as seen through the eyes of a man who survived and simultaneously saved the lives...

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April 30, 2010

What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers **** (of 4)

It’s hard to comprehend how anyone survives what Valentino had to in escaping Arab militiamen in southern Sudan and comes away only with excrutiating headaches....

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April 29, 2010