Recommended Reading and Further Links
Non-Fiction:
The Shackled Continent: Africa’s Past, Present and Future (Robert Guest)
The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest have done so much ill and so little good (William Easterly)
The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-state (Basil Davidson)
Aboke Girls: children abducted in northern Uganda (Els De Temmerman)
Emma’s War (Deborah Scroggins)
The Shadow of the Sun (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood (Alexandra Fuller)
Travel:
Lonely Planet Guide to East Africa
Uganda: The Bradt Travel Guide (Philip Briggs)
The last King of Scotland (Giles Foden)
The Poisonwood Bible: A novel (Barbara Kingsolver)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Ugandan Music:
CHiLLUM WOODS SOUND … A selection of contemporary and traditional Ugandan music from our sister organization.
Visit: www.chillimwoodssound.com
Or listen to the music at: www.reverbnation.com/label/chillumwoodssound
Or: www.youtube.com/chillumwoodssound
Useful Links:
Volunteering Options - Some great resources and information - 'promoting responsible and sustainable volunteering for global development' - www.volunteeringoptions.org
BBC Country Profile for Uganda - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069166.stm
Lonely Planet Country Profile for Uganda - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/uganda