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William Boyd : The destiny of Natalie
Lynda Schuster : The final days of Dr. Doe [58 pages]
      The killing of Samuel Doe, dictator of Liberia, the first native
      African to come to power (as opposed to returned American blacks).
      He was captured by Prince Y Johnson, who was part of Charles Taylor's
      NPFL which overran liberia from Cote-d'Ivoire.  In the last scene, a
      video released by Johnson shows his ear being cut off as a young girl
      serves Johnson beer after beer.

Rwanda

Mark Doyle : Captain Mbaye Diagne
Gilles Peress : Death and Dirt
Paul Theroux : The lepers of Moyo
Sousa Jamba : Brothers
Ryszard Kapuscinski : Startled in the dark
Ahdaf Soueif : Sandpiper
Abraham Verghese : A child's book of death and dying
William Finnegan : The silent majority of Cape Town
Nelson Mandela : African Renaissance