Bibliograph

The burden of exile, a banned journalist's flight from dictatorship, Aaron Berhane ; foreword by Brendan de Caires, Executive Director of PEN Canada

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The burden of exile, a banned journalist's flight from dictatorship, Aaron Berhane ; foreword by Brendan de Caires, Executive Director of PEN Canada

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The burden of exile

Oclc number

1252961760

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Aaron Berhane ; foreword by Brendan de Caires, Executive Director of PEN Canada

Sub title

a banned journalist's flight from dictatorship

Summary

"In the strict dictatorship of Eritrea, a young reporter co-founds the first independent newspaper, publishes stories that anger the president, and has to escape to save his life and his loved ones. An idealistic journalist with a young family starts the first independent newspaper in the notorious police state of Eritrea--one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world. When the paper is shut down, he flees arrest and begins a dangerous journey to freedom, first across a desert, at night, into Sudan, pursued by Eritrean secret police, then into secret safe houses in Kenya. With the help of the United Nations, he finds sanctuary in Canada--a place he knows nothing about. Meanwhile his wife and young children are stuck back home, in constant danger of reprisal. A true story of bravery amid complicated international geopolitics, of spies and guns and betrayal, and--ultimately--of triumph, and the piecing together of family in a cold new country."--, Provided by publisher

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