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City of Thorns

In City of Thorns, Ben Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in Dadaab refugee camp and to sketch the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped there.


Author:

  • Ben Rawlence

Narrator:

  • Derek Perkins

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 11 h 49 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • History
  • Africa
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Politics
  • Warfare
  • Social science

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    Ben Rawlence

    Ben Rawlence is a senior researcher on Africa for Human Rights Watch. He has written for the Guardian, Prospect, London Review of Books, and others and contributed to BBC Radio 4. He studied Swahili and history at the University of London and received his master's in international relations from the University of Chicago. He lives in London.

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