Anjan Sundaram Livres

Set against the backdrop of Rwanda's post-genocide recovery, the narrative explores the stark contrast between the country's touted progress and the oppressive media environment under President Paul Kagame. Anjan Sundaram's experience as a journalism trainer reveals the harsh realities faced by local reporters, many of whom were arrested or exiled due to stringent government censorship. The book delves into themes of freedom, repression, and the complexities of Western aid in a nation grappling with its traumatic past.

Hearing a blast, journalist Anjan Sundaram headed uphill towards the sound. Grenade explosions are not entirely unusual in the city of Kigali; dissidents throw them in public areas to try and destabilise the government and, since moving to Rwanda, he had observed an increasing number of them.What was unusual about this one, however, was that when Sundaram arrived, it was as though nothing had happened. Traffic circulated as normal, there was no debris on the streets and the policeman on duty denied any event whatsoever. This was evidence of a clean-up, a cloaking of the discontent in Rwanda and a desire to silence the media in a country most of whose citizens were without internet. This was the first of many ominous events.Bad News is the extraordinary account of the battle for free speech in modern-day Rwanda. Following not only those journalists who stayed, despite fearing torture or even death from a ruthless government, but also those reporting from exile, it is the story of papers being shut down, of lies told to please foreign delegates, of the unshakeable loyalty that can be bred by terror, of history being retold, of constant surveillance, of corrupted elections and of great courage.It tells the true narrative of Rwandan society today and, in the face of powerful forces, of the fight to make explosions heard.

A brilliant and thrilling memoir of a dangerous and disorienting year of self-discovery in the Congo, set against the backdrop of the explosively violent 2006 elections.

An award-winning journalist courageously reveals the personal cost of war reporting, vividly recalling his dangerous assignment and confronting its devastating impact on his family. After ten years reporting from central Africa, Anjan Sundaram is living a quiet life in Canada with his wife and new-born. But when preparations for genocide emerge in the Central African Republic, he is suddenly torn between his duty to his family, and his moral responsibility to expose the conflict. Soon he is travelling through the CAR, driven by a possible spy--discovering ransacked villages and locals fleeing imminent massacre, fielding offers of mined gold, and hearing of soldiers who steal schoolbooks for cigarette paper. When he refuses to return home, journeying instead into a rebel stronghold, he learns that there is no going back to the life he has left behind. Breakup illuminates the personal price paid by those bearing witness on the frontlines of humanitarian crimes across the globe. This brilliantly introspective, strikingly grounded account of perilous warzones and inner turmoil is sure to become a modern classic.

Rwanda jest pupilkiem Zachodu. Nazywana latarnią postępu, otrzymuje rocznie miliardy dolar�w od rząd�w Europy i Stan�w Zjednoczonych. Jednak rzeczywistość kryjąca się za błyszczącą fasadą jest znacznie mniej kolorowa. Wszelkie krytyczne głosy są uciszane, a wolne media brutalnie tępione.Kiedy Anjan Sundaram prowadził zajęcia dziennikarskie w Kigali, jego uczniowie byli prześladowani, więzieni, czasem nawet mordowani ? chyba że zgodzili się przyjąć intratne propozycje i stać się narzędziem rządowej propagandy. Zaledwie kilkoro odważnych wciąż walczyło o prawdę.Złe wieści to portret kraju w wyjątkowo niebezpiecznym momencie jego historii, to książka o tym, jak ważna jest wolność słowa i jak przerażające mogą być konsekwencje, jeśli jej zabraknie.