Reading List
  • We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
    We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
    by Philip Gourevitch
  • A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis
    A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis
    by David Rieff
  • The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876-1912
    The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876-1912
    by Thomas Pakenham
  • King Leopold's Ghost
    King Leopold's Ghost
    by Adam Hochschild
  • Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
    Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
    by Adam Hochschild
  • Into Africa: A Journey Through the Ancient Empires
    Into Africa: A Journey Through the Ancient Empires
    by Marq de Villiers, Sheila Hirtle
  • Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
    Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
    by Richard Dowden
  • Paul Kagame and Rwanda: Power, Genocide and the Rwandan Patriotic Front
    Paul Kagame and Rwanda: Power, Genocide and the Rwandan Patriotic Front
    by Colin M. Waugh
  • A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
    A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
    by Stephen Kinzer
  • Finding Beauty in a Broken World (Vintage)
    Finding Beauty in a Broken World (Vintage)
    by Terry Tempest Williams
  • Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies)
    Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies)
    by Johan Pottier
  • When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda
    When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda
    by Mahmood Mamdani
  • Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
    Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
    by Roméo Dallaire, Samantha Power
Thursday
26Mar2009

Rwanda as an African Model

Veteran journalist Stephen Kinzer discusses Rwandan President Paul Kagame's role in the amazing rise of Rwanda after the genocide.

Full Article:

Rwanda as an African Model

 

 

 

Thursday
26Mar2009

Why Foreign Aid is Hurting Africa (3/21/2009)

Dambisa Moyo, a former economist at Goldman Sachs and the author of "Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa." discusses  the damage foreign aid has caused to Africa.

Full Article:

Why Aid is Hurting Africa

 

 


Thursday
26Mar2009

Reliable Energy as a Response to HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

PEPFAR and USAID have launched a joint project to improve energy infrastructure in Rwanda to help treat HIV/AIDS and other health problems. The complete article can be seen on the  USAID website:

 

 

Saturday
18Oct2008

Small Can Be Big Quechee Times


A long-time association member's work in developing world captures the interest of community newspaper seeking to tell stories of individuals making a difference in the world.