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A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrongs Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London flat. carrying a small mountain of luggage and four trilling mobile phones he seemed determined to ignore. it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africas few budding success stories. Two years earlier. in the wave of euphoria that followed the election defeat of long-serving President Daniel arap Moi. John had been appointed Kenya's new anti-corruption czar. In choosing this giant of a man with a booming laugh. respected as a longstanding anti-corruption crusader. the new government was signalling to both ...
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It's Our Turn to Eat, Michela Wrong
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
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- Titolo
- It's Our Turn to Eat
- Sottotitolo
- The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Michela Wrong
- Editore
- Fourth Estate
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 354
- ISBN10
- 0007241968
- ISBN13
- 9780007241965
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Storia, Storie vere, Biografie, Scienze politiche & Politica, Politica, Africa, Giornalismo e Pubblicistica, Biografie di politici, Kenya
- Valutazione
- 4,15 su 5
- Descrizione
- A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrongs Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London flat. carrying a small mountain of luggage and four trilling mobile phones he seemed determined to ignore. it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africas few budding success stories. Two years earlier. in the wave of euphoria that followed the election defeat of long-serving President Daniel arap Moi. John had been appointed Kenya's new anti-corruption czar. In choosing this giant of a man with a booming laugh. respected as a longstanding anti-corruption crusader. the new government was signalling to both ...