Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Uzodinwa Iweala's Beasts of No Nation -- about child soldiers --

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/books/24iwea.html


Amazing book of 120 pages, I read it during one Chiangmai trip.

Chiangmai is in Thailand.

I have never been to Africa, but like the movies Blood Diamond, Invictus, Cry the Beloved Country etc. this speaks to me.

Kyi May Kaung

Photo--Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton--

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=SrkP%2bLl9&id=92BE613FF4E57A9A4C497FE23CD9C8B0ECE21FC5&thid=OIP.SrkP-Ll9yC...