This is a book I was assigned in college, but never read until now (Sorry, professor). I’m glad I hung onto it. It is written by an English journalist who spent extensive time in Kenya during a time that can best be described as a Kenyan Watergate. The author writes mainly about the whistleblower who risked everything to bring the government’s corruption to light. She also describes corruption in Africa in a thorough but accessible way. This book gave me a better understand of African politics and the ways that corruption undermines everything else in a society. This was a thoroughly amazing book. It has a distinct element of reportage, which led me to new understandings of how I grasp politics within the United States. Furthermore, it brings out Wrong's typical flare for a combination of history along with all the sorted details of corruption and misguided international funding. Her books are really more confessions of the dark secrets of nations than they are your typical historical overview. My only question is, when is Wrong going to put out a new book? It's been four years already!
What do You think about It's Our Turn To Eat (2000)?
Everything you need to know about the puppetmasters of Kenya...
—Mads
Good history of Kenya and current corruption issues.
—kodak_a
