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Geddes, Gary.
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Geddes, Gary -- Travel -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Justice, Administration of -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Redemption.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Description and travel.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 1960-
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Environmental conditions -- Social aspects.
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Drink the bitter root : a search for justice and healing in Africa / Gary Geddes.
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Geddes, Gary.
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2011.
Subjects
Geddes, Gary -- Travel -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Justice, Administration of -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Redemption.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Description and travel.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 1960-
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Environmental conditions -- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9781582437880 (hbk.) :
1582437882
Description:
232 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Taking aim -- Orphan and worm -- "The body-odour of race" -- They kill us for their sport -- The moving toyshop -- A breath of kings -- Airborne particles -- Walking wounded -- Postscript.
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"Drink the Bitter Root is an international story about the ethical and environmental footprint world nations are leaving in Africa in their determined efforts to destabilize and loot the continent. In the spirit of Robert Kaplan and Samantha Power, Gary Geddes sets out in search of justice, healing, and reconciliation. He begins his journey at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, then travels to Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Somaliland, crossing Lake Victoria and the Great Rift Valley, where human life began. Geddes' quest takes the form of an intimate personal travelogue. Although he confronts the dark realities of abduction, rape, mutilation, and murder, drawing on painful encounters, interviews, and adventures that occur along the way, Geddes also brings back amazing stories of survival and unexpected moments of grace. His poet's eye and self-deprecating humor draw us ever more deeply into the lives of some amazing Africans, while never forgetting the complicity we all feel in the face of tragic events unfolding there."--Publisher's catalog.
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