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Drink the Bitter Root : A Search for Justice and Healing in Africa by Gary Geddes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Drink the Bitter Root : A Search for Justice and Healing in Africa about?
__Drink the Bitter Root__ is an international story about the ethical and environmental footprint world nations are leaving in Africa in their determined efforts to destabilize and loot the continent. In the spirit of Robert Kaplan and Samantha Power, Gary Geddes sets out in search of justice, healing and reconciliation. He begins his journey at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, then travels to Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Somaliland, crossing Lake Victoria and the Great Rift Valley, where human life began.Geddes's quest takes the form of an intimate personal travelogue. Although he confronts the dark realities of abduction, rape, mutilation and murder, drawing on painful encounters, interviews and adventures that occur along the way, Geddes also brings back amazing stories of survival and unexpected moments of grace. His poet's eye and self-deprecating humor draw us ever more deeply into the lives of some amazing Africans,...
Who reads Drink the Bitter Root : A Search for Justice and Healing in Africa?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gary Geddes
- Publisher
- Counterpoint Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780202996981
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Science, Physics