Sudan, war, Africa, Darfur, civil war
Everyone's Favourite African War
/ SYNOPSIS
Africa is a continent riddled with conflict. Most are forgotten wars that rumble away unnoticed for years. Darfur is different. For five years an unlikely coalition of the religious right, the liberal left and a smattering of celebrities have kept Darfur's bloody conflict in the headlines. Rob Crilly, East Africa correspondent of The Times, arrived in Sudan in 2005 to find out what made Darfur special.
He found a conflict very different to the one popularised by the Save Darfur movement. This was no simple genocide being carried out by Arabs on black, African tribes. Along the way he rides with rebels on donkeys, gets caught in a Janjaweed attack and learns lessons from Osama bin Laden's horse.
/ CHARITY
The Dart Centre for Trauma
/ PRESS REVIEWS
'A haunting and brutally honest account of international failure and African suffering. Above all it is faithful to the trauma of those for whom nobody really speaks. Lucid, engaging and written with love for the entire continent of Africa.' - Fergal Keane, BBC News
'Rob Crilly tells the story of Darfur up close, focusing on the people who have fought and suffered. Neither cynical nor moralizing, he brings to life its protagonists-rebel fighters, Arab militiamen, displaced villagers, foreign aid workers, diplomats and campaigners. Saving Darfur delves beneath the stereotypes to tackle the complexities of Darfur and Sudan, illuminating both the ordinariness and the bizarreness of this extraordinary African war.' - Alex de Waal, author of Darfur: A New History of a Long War
'Saving Darfur is an engaging and insightful look into one of Africa's most intractable conflicts. Rob Crilly has as good a grasp of the people and the politics of the region as anyone writing on the subject today. This book's triumph is the author's ability to make the complexities of the crisis accessible, through the eyes of the people who have watched, and suffered as the atrocities unfolded. If you're looking for just one book to bring you up to speed on the situation in Darfur, this is it!' - Martin Geissler, ITV News
'Crilly takes you to Darfur, into a vast landscape of heat and dust and horrific war. But as he leads you from plains to mountains and into camps and villages, all your preconceptions are turned upside down by the fiendish complexity of this war. This books peels off the labels that have been stuck on Darfur by outsiders and exposes the stubborn realities beneath the surface.' - Richard Dowden, director of The Royal Africa Society
'While I disagree with much of Mr Crilly's analysis, he provides us with a solid journalistic account of his first-hand experiences in Darfur.' – Mia Farrow, actress and activist
'Rob Crilly has spent more time than any other journalist I know travelling in and out of the region to piece together his analysis; his vast experience informs this book' - Adam Mynott, BBC News
'This debut from one of our best correspondents presents a compelling read for the lay reader, and is a must-read for those who (often mistakenly) think they already know what Darfur -- and much of modern conflict -- is all about' - Alex Perry, Time Africa Bureau Chief
Context Africa: Rob Crilly
South of West: Rob’s blog
Rob Crilly on Twitter
Rob Crilly on Facebook
Saving Darfur reviewed in the Irish Times
Saving Darfur reviewed in The Morning News
'Rob Crilly tells the story of Darfur up close, focusing on the people who have fought and suffered. Neither cynical nor moralizing, he brings to life its protagonists-rebel fighters, Arab militiamen, displaced villagers, foreign aid workers, diplomats and campaigners. Saving Darfur delves beneath the stereotypes to tackle the complexities of Darfur and Sudan, illuminating both the ordinariness and the bizarreness of this extraordinary African war.' - Alex de Waal, author of Darfur: A New History of a Long War
'Saving Darfur is an engaging and insightful look into one of Africa's most intractable conflicts. Rob Crilly has as good a grasp of the people and the politics of the region as anyone writing on the subject today. This book's triumph is the author's ability to make the complexities of the crisis accessible, through the eyes of the people who have watched, and suffered as the atrocities unfolded. If you're looking for just one book to bring you up to speed on the situation in Darfur, this is it!' - Martin Geissler, ITV News
'Crilly takes you to Darfur, into a vast landscape of heat and dust and horrific war. But as he leads you from plains to mountains and into camps and villages, all your preconceptions are turned upside down by the fiendish complexity of this war. This books peels off the labels that have been stuck on Darfur by outsiders and exposes the stubborn realities beneath the surface.' - Richard Dowden, director of The Royal Africa Society
'While I disagree with much of Mr Crilly's analysis, he provides us with a solid journalistic account of his first-hand experiences in Darfur.' – Mia Farrow, actress and activist
'Rob Crilly has spent more time than any other journalist I know travelling in and out of the region to piece together his analysis; his vast experience informs this book' - Adam Mynott, BBC News
'This debut from one of our best correspondents presents a compelling read for the lay reader, and is a must-read for those who (often mistakenly) think they already know what Darfur -- and much of modern conflict -- is all about' - Alex Perry, Time Africa Bureau Chief
Context Africa: Rob Crilly
South of West: Rob’s blog
Rob Crilly on Twitter
Rob Crilly on Facebook
Saving Darfur reviewed in the Irish Times
Saving Darfur reviewed in The Morning News
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