Consider a novel or memoir by an African, such as
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria)Athol Fugard, Tsotsi (South Africa)
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone (Sierra Leone)
Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (Zimbabwe)
Or read a journalist's first-person account, like
Dave Eggers, What Is the What (Sudan)Tracy Kidder, Strength in What Remains (Burundi)
Ryszard Kapuściński, The Shadow of the Sun (post-colonial Africa)
Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families (Rwanda)
If you'd rather watch a movie, try one of these:
The Devil Came On Horseback (Sudan)Tsotsi (South Africa)
War Dance (Uganda)
Hotel Rwanda (Rwanda)
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Folks who live near Wheaton, IL, can kick off their African Lent next Saturday, February 20, 2010, by coming to A Night of Hope and Music, the fifth annual benefit concert by Chicago-area professional musicians in support of a medical clinic in Renk, Sudan. Previous concerts have provided the clinic with lab equipment, medicines, and a midwife's salary.
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Barrows Auditorium, Wheaton College, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL
Suggested donation: $20
Special guests: The Lost Boys of Sudan (singers and dancers)
Special guests: The Lost Boys of Sudan (singers and dancers)
For more information, see this Facebook page.
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