Deborah Scroggins

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Deborah Scroggins lives in Atlanta.

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Emma's War (2002) 283 kappaletta

Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui (2012) 64 kappaletta

La guerra de Emma (2011) 1 kappale

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Granta 60: Unbelieveable (1997) — Avustaja — 128 kappaletta

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Syntymäaika: 1961-11-27
Sukupuoli: female
Kansalaisuus: USA
Syntymäpaikka: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Emma's War: A True Story Tekijä: Deborah Scroggins

This is a story of Sudan and even a bit about Somalia. The civil war is named after Emma who married Sudanese warlord Riek Machar. Apparently war's are often blamed on women and because she was his wife. Emma was an idealist aide to Africa. She was working to feed the children. The book is more about the politics of Sudan at the time and the story of Emma was interesting. I felt that this was very good journalism. I have to say, I learned a lot.

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Kristelh | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 25, 2024 |

Emma's War Tekijä: Deborah Scroggins

What happens when an aid worker gets romantically and politically involved in the field? This is the true story of Emma Mccune, a British worker in Sudan, whose romance and marriage to a Sudanese rebel leader destroyed the ideals that brought her to Africa.

The man Emma married, Riek Machar, is one of two main combatants in the current civil war in South Sudan .

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kaitanya64 | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 3, 2017 |

Emma's War Tekijä: Deborah Scroggins

Fascinating- the author does a great job of sequencing background information about Emma, interview with colleagues and friends from different times in her life, and presenting the actual events as she observed them in Sudan. You end up feeling jealous of Emma for her verve, then awed by her dedication, then annoyed at her blindness and impracticality, then just sorry for her because it seems that everything led up to her impossible predicament. I sympathized with a lot of the people presented, and for the first time caught a glimpse of what some of Africa is like...… (lisätietoja)

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MargaretPinardAuthor | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 23, 2015 |

Emma's War Tekijä: Deborah Scroggins

Fascinating- the author does a great job of sequencing background information about Emma, interview with colleagues and friends from different times in her life, and presenting the actual events as she observed them in Sudan. You end up feeling jealous of Emma for her verve, then awed by her dedication, then annoyed at her blindness and impracticality, then just sorry for her because it seems that everything led up to her impossible predicament. I sympathized with a lot of the people presented, and for the first time caught a glimpse of what some of Africa is like...… (lisätietoja)

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margaret.pinard | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jul 24, 2014 |

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