Radio War Nerd EP89—Central Africa War Lit

from War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed · host Gary Brecher

Co-hosts Gary Brecher & Mark Ames

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Jun 22, 2017

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The War Nerd discusses some novels and "creative journalism" dealing with wars in Central Africa—Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo/Zaire, Angola . . . But first we talk about some of the wild war events of the previous few days — from Syria to TrumpLand to Djibouti . . . At 38:00 minute mark, we discuss C Africa war literature: "Patriots" by Sousa Jamba; "Another Day of Life" by Ryszard Kapuscinski; "Johnny Mad Dog" by Emmanuel Dongala; "African Psycho" by Alain Mabanchkou; "Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah; "Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak" by Jean Hatzfeld . . .

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