Do Not Disturb, Michela Wrong
Do Not Disturb, Michela Wrong
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Do Not Disturb
The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

Author: Michela Wrong

Narrator: Michela Wrong

Unabridged: 18 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 03/30/2021


Synopsis

A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century.

We think we know the story of Africa’s Great Lakes region. Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister. 
 
Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda’s head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend’s assassination.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mal

In May 2019, my wife and I spent three days in Rwanda’s charming capital city, Kigali, on a side trip from a visit to Kenya. We were enchanted by the rolling hills and by the spotless, flower-lined streets and sidewalks that conjured up memories of Singapore. At the Kigali Genocide Memorial, we walk......more

I cannot begin to thank Michela Wrong enough for writing this masterpiece. Growing up, I learned about the Rwandan genocide. All that was taught was there were two majority ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Over the course of 100 days, armed Hutu militias slaughtered hundreds of thousands of......more

Goodreads review by Ruben

I didn't know much about Rwanda apart from the atrocious 1994 genocide of the Tutsi's by the Hutu's, and a vague notion that ever since it has been relatively peaceful and developing well. It turns out the truth is much more complex. Central storyline in this work of investigative non-fiction is the......more

Goodreads review by Rupert

I think this is well-written. It certainly makes for a great whodunnit, but I think the author plays it fast and loose with the truth and relies too often on speculation. Most of her sources come from the intelligence community -- plus and I can't name how many times she's quoted "anonymous" sources......more