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Chicago

When Serge is recruited from the Sudan to come play basketball at a high profile prep school in Chicago, there are bigger obstacles than culture shock to contend with. Serge must try to put his past behind him and use basketball to make something of his life in America.

The devil came on horseback

bearing witness to the genocide in Darfur
Former U.S. Marine, Brian Steidle, presents eye-witness accounts to the genocide in Darfur as "Janjaweed" and Sudanese troops attacked Darfurian rebel groups and African civilians, destroyed villages, and indiscriminately murdered men, women, and children.
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An oral and documentary history of the Darfur genocide

2011
Traces the history of genocidal acts that have occurred in Darfur during the early twenty-first century, sharing first-hand accounts from survivors on their lives before, during, and after genocidal events, and providing documents issued by the United States, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to address whether or not the actions of the Sudanese government constitute genocide.
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Darfur

2015

Chasing chaos

my decade in and out of humanitarian aid
2013
Jessica Alexander describes the realities of life as an aid worker as she manages a 24,000-person camp in Darfur.

The translator

a tribesman's memoir of Darfur
2008
Daoud Hari recounts his efforts to educate the world about the brutal genocide taking place in Darfur, describing how he takes journalists into the heart of the country to reveal the horror his people face on a daily basis and discussing how he has helped survivors find food, water, and safety.

Fighting for Darfur

public action and the struggle to stop the genocide
2011
Chronicles the six-year grassroots campaign to bring global attention to the mass atrocity in Darfur, describing how college students, celebrities, politicians, and everyday citizens are trying to stop the killings that are taking place in the region and save its people.

Darfur

African genocide
2008
Presents an overview of the crisis in Darfur and the systematic slaughter of the people by the Sudanese army and militia bands called the janjaweed; and examines the causes of the conflicts and efforts by the international community to bring the violence to an end.

Tears of the desert

a memoir of survival in Darfur
2008
Recounts the author's experiences and observations of the genocide in Darfur, and her role as a physician treating girls who had been raped and mutilated, after tensions between Sudan's Islamist dictatorship and communities such as the Zaghawa tribe exploded.

The translator

a memoir
2009
A first-hand account by Daoud Hari about the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. Discusses how he was able to escape, help other survivors, and return to work as a translator for international aid groups before moving to America.

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