Vanished in Uganda
Andrew Rice’s first book, The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda, will be published in May by Metropolitan Books. He is a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. Between 2002 and 2004, he lived in Uganda as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, an American nonprofit foundation.
Duncan Laki's father disappeared under dictator Idi Amin's brutal reign. In this excerpt, the terror comes to an end, but there is no justice until decades later.
My Murder in the Heart of Africa
Andrew Rice’s first book, The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda, will be published in May by Metropolitan Books. He is a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. Between 2002 and 2004, he lived in Uganda as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, an American nonprofit foundation.
Award-winning journalist Andrew Rice went to Uganda for a fellowship-and came back with a heart-thumping murder mystery that led all the way to a decades-old killing spree everyone wanted to forgive.
I'm watching and re-watching Barbet Schroeder's masterful General Idi Amin Dada, a 1974 documentary dripping with timeless warnings about power and madness. Schroeder's quiet and observing lens, in the hands of "director" Idi Amin, is mo...
Ted Schillinger has directed, written and developed documentary films concerned with such topics as autism, Las Vegas’s greatest casino cheats and the legendary gangster Meyer Lanksy. His latest film Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead is released on February 27th 2009 and profiles one of the USA’s most pre-eminent crusaders for the death penalty.
I love a show called Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. I cannot stop watching that show. He goes all over the world and says the best way to experience local culture is by eating local foods. He was in Uganda where...
Greg Grunberg stars as police detective Matt Parkman on the NBC series Heroes. He started Band from TV, a celebrity rock band for charity, alongside James Denton, Hugh Laurie, Bonnie Somerville, and Bob Guiney. Grunberg also appeared on Alias and Felicity.
Rick Warren's Africa Problem
Max Blumenthal is a senior writer for The Daily Beast, writing fellow at The Nation Institute and author of Republican Gomorrah (Basic/Nation Books). Contact him at maxblumenthal3000@yahoo.com.
Team Obama likes to cite Warren's work on AIDS in Africa to combat criticism about the controversial pastor. But how does burning condoms in the name of Jesus save lives?
The Audacity of Hope—in Africa
Adam Williams is a chartered accountant. He is director of community development at Byoona Amagara, a nonprofit project in Uganda that raises funds through an eco-retreat. He has recently established Enlighten Africa, which supplies renewable energy products with the aim to improve the lives of the rural poor.
A traveler landed in Entebbe two days after the U.S. election to find a country electrified over Obama. His account in words and pictures.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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