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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, her first book, won the PEN James Sterne Prize for non-fiction. Her book I Didn’t Do It for You (2006) builds upon her shocking experiences, and focuses on the African nation of Eritrea.Michela Wrong is based in London.

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Cover of: I DIDN’T DO IT FOR YOU: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation (Text Only) [ePub edition]

I DIDN’T DO IT FOR YOU: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation (Text Only) [ePub edition]

One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of Eritrea.

Publication date: UK 20th Sep 2012

IT’S OUR TURN TO EAT

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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.

Publication date: UK 7th Jan 2010

IT’S OUR TURN TO EAT [ePub edition]

Cover of: IT’S OUR TURN TO EAT [ePub edition]

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.

Publication date: UK 10th Apr 2009

IT’S OUR TURN TO EAT

Cover of: IT’S OUR TURN TO EAT

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.

Publication date: UK 19th Feb 2009

I DIDN’T DO IT FOR YOU: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation

Cover of: I DIDN’T DO IT FOR YOU: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation

One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of Eritrea.

Publication date: UK 4th Jul 2005

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR KURTZ: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo

Cover of: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR KURTZ: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo

A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.

Publication date: UK 2nd Jul 2001