Tag Archives: rwanda
Eleven Pages of Acronyms!
I’m reading Gerard Prunier’s “Africa’s World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the making of a Continental Catastrophe“, and have to point out that he lists 11 pages of acronyms of various factions, groups, and agencies in the introduction.
Human Rights Lit Classics
Reading Dawes’ “That We May Know” made me want to point out a very short list of “Human Rights Classics” that I’ve read in the past 10 years and can recommend whole-heartedly. A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the … Continue reading
Filed under africa, history, human rights, literature
That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity by John Dawes (Feb 2009)
I’m very impressed by the John Dawes “That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity” which offers a meaningful look at the moral and psychological challenges of being a human rights worker or activist. Dawes does not shrink from … Continue reading
Filed under 2009, africa, history, human rights
