Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
Michela Wrong
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.
Award History
0 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize: Political Writing | 2022 | Shortlist | Secondary source |
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- Kigali62%
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The book argues that the post–Rwandan genocide narrative of an idealistic rebel overthrow ushering peace and stability is false; the regime and political reality were “more sinister.”
Model confidence 44%
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