Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

Product Description 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 ofthe deadliest genocides of the twentieth century.We think we know the story of Africas 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.Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwandas head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friends assassination. Review [The book] stands out as perhaps the most ambitious attempt yet to tell the dark story of Rwanda and the regions deeply intertwined tragedies for a general audience...There is a taut, cinematic quality to Wrongs account.The New York Times Book ReviewDo Not Disturb is a disturbing book, showing the reach of the Rwandan state into its opponents lives around the globeDo Not Disturb is a vital intervention.Foreign AffairsDevastating comprehensive and compelling.The Washington PostA devastating book by Michela Wrong, comes something of a reckoning - or at the very least a reassessment.Do Not Disturb is a damning jaccuse on many fronts. An extraordinarily brave piece of reporting.The Financial Times[A] Massively documented and footnoted book her conclusions are persuasive.The EconomistSuperb an epic tale of blood, bitterness and betrayal a gripping tale.Times UKMeticulously researched, with substantial new material and interviews.The GuardianImagine a journalist of the 1930s brave enough to investigate one of the mysterious assassinations of Stalins opponents who had fled abroad-and to tell that story to a world where too many people were enamored of the Soviet leader. Michela Wrong has taken on a similar job today: to use a killing to expose a man today seldom recognized as a ruthless dictator. Her skills as a writer and expert knowledge of Africa make this a chilling story.ADAM HOCHSCHILD, author of King Leopolds Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial AfricaIn this extremely important and profoundly disturbing book, Michela Wrong sets out all the miss-steps that were ignored, all the flagrant human rights abuses that were overlooked and all the criminality for which excuses were found, until the new horrors that have been visited upon that country were perpetrated. Ms Wrong is not suggesting that we become Afro-pessimists but telling us that not only is the price of freedom eternal vigilance, but also that we must, in the words of Amilcar Cabral, tell no lies, claim no easy victoriesArchbishop Desmond Tutu, Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeA withering assault on the murderous Rwandan regime of Paul Kagame, and a melancholy love song to the lost dreams of the nations of Africas Great Lakes. Michela Wrong proves once again that she is an intrepid and highly professional researcher of the subject she knows best. Its a major accomplishment, very driven, very impassioned.JOHN LE CARR, best-selling author of Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyA unique insight into many hitherto little known dark sides of a profoundly criminal regime. Based on first hand observations and numerous interviews with key players, victims and witnesses, this book is an indictment of those complicit in ensuring President Kagames impunity during the last quarter century.FILIP REYNTJENS, author of Political Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda (Cambridge University Press).The author