Testimonials

 


Recommended Reading and Further Links



Non-Fiction:

The Shackled Continent: Africa’s Past, Present and Future (Robert Guest) The Shackled Continent: Africa’s Past, Present and Future (Robert Guest)

The White Man’s Burden 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 The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-state (Basil Davidson)

Aboke Girls Aboke Girls: children abducted in northern Uganda (Els De Temmerman)

Emma’s War Emma’s War (Deborah Scroggins)

The Shadow of the Sun The Shadow of the Sun (Ryszard Kapuscinski)

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood (Alexandra Fuller)

Travel:

Lonely Planet Guide to East Africa
Lonely Planet Guide to East Africa

Uganda Uganda: The Bradt Travel Guide (Philip Briggs)

The last King of Scotland The last King of Scotland (Giles Foden)

The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible: A novel (Barbara Kingsolver)

Things Fall Apart Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)

Ugandan Music:

CHiLLUM WOODS SOUND 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