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    It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower

    By Michela Wrong

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    "A fast-paced political thriller.... Wrong's gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo's courage and a cautionary tale." —New York Times Book Review

    “On one level, It’s Our Turn to Eat reads like a John Le Carré novel.... On a deeper and much richer level, the book is an analysis of how and why Kenya descended into political violence.” — Washington Post

    Called "urgent and important” by Harper's magazine, It’s Our Turn to Eat is a nonfiction political thriller of modern Kenya—an eye-opening account of tribal rivalries, pervasive graft, and the rising anger of a prospect-less youth that exemplifies an African dilemma.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 16, 2009
    ISBN9780061886935
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    Michela Wrong

    Michela Wrong is a distinguished international journalist, and has worked as a foreign correspondent covering events across the African continent for Reuters, the BBC and the Financial Times. Based on her experiences in Africa, In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, won the PEN James Sterne Prize for non-fiction. I Didn’t Do It for You builds upon her shocking experiences, and focuses on Eritrea. In 2015, she published Borderlines, her first novel.

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    • 5/5
      If you have any interest in Kenya, or how corruption works in Africa, or how aid agencies can exacerbate corruption, READ THIS BOOK. Wrong is a careful, clear writer who pulls no punches. Nobody comes across as a hero here, but in telling the story of John Githongo, who exposed a huge corruption scandal within the Kenyan govt. to the world, Wrong manages to be both pragmatic and hopeful. I found myself not only nodding but exclaiming out loud in agreement, as well as wincing at times at the mirror of Kenyan society held up in this book. If I could give more than five stars, I would.
    • 2/5
      The language is lucid.Content is gripping ,attention grasping akin to a fictional best seller.Great insight into the workings of the Kenyan political class.
    • 5/5
      This is a good writing
    • 3/5

      A little too focused on John Githongo for my tastes; I'd personally of preferred more background information and less of a feel of a eulogy, but a worthwhile text nonetheless. Admittedly this is very much a story of his personal crusade against corruption in Kenya and John's battle against an institutionally rotten system, but at times the personal praise from the author goes a little too far and a greater focus on objectivity would be appreciated.

      Written in Michela Wrong's usual intelligent but accessible journalistic style so three stars all round. Tempted to go for two stars only though.
    • 5/5
      A moving and very readable account of a culture radically different from what most in America or Europe can imagine. A very important book for any one who needs to understand the impact of aid in the third world.

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