The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project and the MCC Libraries will be collaborating again this semester to host a book discussion group, reading The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari. The book discussion will be held Wednesday, April 1, during College Hour (12:00 pm to 1:00 pm) in room 2-440 (4th floor of the Brighton Campus library). Please join us!
According to Publishers Weekly: “’Unique,’ a word avoided by most journalists, is just the first to describe this heart-stopping memoir, written by a native Darfuri translator who, after escaping the massacre of his village by the genocidal Janjaweed, returned to work with reporters and UN investigators in the riskiest of situations. Taking readers far from their comfort zones, Hari charts the horrific landscape of genocide in the stories of refugee camp survivors… Homey facts about the loyalty of camels, the pecking order in villages and vast family networks bring respite from more dire tales, including Hari's long, multi-site imprisonment with a U.S. journalist and their Chadian driver. The captives' endurance through uncertainty and torture is unbelievable, and their eventual rescue reads like James Bond by way of boldface politicos like recent presidential contender Bill Richardson. Throughout, Hari demonstrates almost incomprehensible decency; those with the courage to join Hari's odyssey may find this a life-changing read.”
Daoud Hari will be the guest speaker for the 3nd Annual Rwanda Remembrance Program at MCC, visiting campus on Monday, April 6. Read the book with us and be prepared for his powerful and moving presentation here at MCC!
If you have any questions, please contact Lori Annesi, Reference/Special Collections Librarian (<<mailto:lannesi@monroecc.ed>>).
Lori Annesi
Library
02/25/2009 |