"Somewhere in the jungles of Uganda, there hides a fugitive rebel leader: he is said to take his orders direct from the spirit world and, together with his ragged army of brutalised child soldiers, he has left a bloody trail of devastation across his country. Joseph Kony is now an official enemy of the US and wanted in Europe for war crimes, and yet nobody really knows who he is or what he is fighting for." "Intrigued by the myths, Matthew Green heads off into a war zone, determined to track down the man himself. Along the way, he meets the victims abducted, raped or maimed by Kony's soldiers, the refugees living in poverty and fear in overcrowded camps, the foreigners trying or bring peace to this desperately divided land, and the political leaders who have their own reasons for allowing the war to shudder on." --Book Jacket. Titel: The Wizard of the Nile af Matthew Green (Bog) Genre: N
By Bus, Boksie, Matola -- from Cape to Cairo A hilarious, epic and insightful account of a black South African's journey across the continent by public transport ... Forfatter: Sihle Khumalo Forlag: Penguin Random House South Africa Udgivelsesår: 2007 Sider: 228 Sprog: Engelsk
DA ALEXANDRA FULLER besøger sine forældre på deres landejendom i Zambia, møder hun K, der har kæmpet i den rhodesiske borgerkrig, som rasede, da Fuller voksede op i landet. K er en mand fuld af modsætninger: mærket på krop og sjæl af hårdt arbejde og grusomme gerninger, men samtidig sårbar og meget reflekteret i forhold til sin fortid og sin omverden. De har begge haft krigen inde på livet, om end på hver deres måde, og de finder sammen i et åndeligt fællesskab, der har krigen og grusomheden som omdrejningspunkt. Normen for de afrikanske krigsveteraner, som Fuller gennem tiden har stiftet bekendtskab med, er en ekstrem lukkethed, men hos K oplever hun både vilje og lyst til at dele sine oplevelser, traumer og dæmoner. K og Alexandra Fuller indleder en samtale om krigen, og denne resulterer i en rejse tilbage i tiden og lidelsen. Deres rejse fører fra Zambia gennem Zimbabwe (det tidligere
Ibn Battutah set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on the pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned twenty-nine years later, he had visited most of the known world, travelling three times the distance Marco Polo covered. Spiritual backpacker, social climber, temporary hermit and failed ambassador, he braved brigands, blisters and his own prejudices. The outcome was a monumental travel classic. Captivated by this indefatigable man, award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith set out on his own eventful journey, retracing the Moroccan's eccentric trip from Tangier to Constantinople. Tim proves himself a perfect companion to this distant traveller, and the result is an amazing blend of personalities, history and contemporary observation. Titel: Travels With a Tangerine af Tim Mackintosh-Smith (Bog) Forfatter: Tim Mackintosh-Smith Genre: Travel Forlag: Picador Sammendrag: Ibn Battu
A White Boy in Africa This autobiography contains Peter Godwin's experiences of life in Rhodesia in the 1960s. At the age of 17 he was conscripted into the army, leading guerrillas in the bush. He studied law in England before returning to Zimbabwe. Forfatter: Peter Godwin Forlag: Macmillan _ Udgivelsesår: 1997 Sider: 417 Sprog: Engelsk
I august 1994 bliver Angelique Umugwaneza sammen med sin familie og hundredtusinder af andre tutsier og hutuer drevet på flugt fra Rwanda efter folkemordet. Hun oplever massakrer, kaos og rædsler i flygtningekolonner og lejre, hvor mere end 800.000 mennesker dør af vold, sult og sygdom. Bogen fortæller kronologisk om flugten, om de humanitære nødhjælpslejre, om mødet med hjælpearbejdere og internationale organisationer samt om forsøget på at skabe et nyt liv i sikkerhed. "Rwandas børn" er en personlig, dokumentarisk fortælling om folkemord, krig, flygtninge og børns overlevelse set gennem én ung piges øjne. Type: Paperback Dokumentarisk beretning skrevet af Angelique Umugwaneza sammen med Peder Fuglsang om oplevelserne som barn og ung i forbindelse med folkemordet i Rwanda i 1994. Bogen følger hendes flugt gennem flygtningelejre, mødet med vold, sult og sygdom, adskillelsen fra familien
Forfatteren rejste i 1998-2000 i sporet på den danske nødhjælp til Somalia, Afghanistan og Kosovo for at komme om bag videnskabelige rapporters tørre tal og danne sig en mening om nødhjælpens virkning på de nødlidende menneskers forhold Titel: Hjælp! Forfatter: Hjalte Tin Forlag: Rosinante Udgivelsesår: 2003 Sider: 277 Sprog: Dansk
Reviewers Hailed the Fate of Africa as one of the decade's most important works on Africa when it was first published. Now author Martin Meredith has revised this classic history to incorporate important recent developments, including the Darfur crisis in Sudan, Robert Mugabe's continued destructive rule in Zimbabwe, controversies over Western aid and exploitation of Africa's resources, the growing importance and influence of China, and the democratic movement roiling the North African countries of Tunisia and Egypt. Titel: The state of Africa : a history of the continent since independence Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: The fortunes of Africa have changed dramatically in the fifty years since the independence era began. As Europe's colonial powers withdrew, new states were launched amid jubilation, but soon became mired in corruption, violence, and warfare. Meredith examines the numerous
