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Ben Rawlence

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Ben grew up in Wiltshire in the UK before studying in London, Tanzania and the USA. He worked for several years in New York and then in politics in the UK and in Tanzania before joining Human Rights Watch where he worked from 2006-2013.

He was an Open Society Foundations Fellow 2013.

He is represented by Sophie Lambert at Conville and Walsh in London.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 5,092 ratings · 756 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp 4.01 avg rating — 3,234 ratings — published 2016 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth 4.25 avg rating — 1,452 ratings — published 2022 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring the Gun or You'll Die: Torture, Rape, and Other Serious Human Rights Violations by Kenyan Security Forces in the Mandera Triangle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lebendiges Lernen: Bildung für Mensch und Erde by Satish Kumar (editor), Lorna Howarth (Goodreads Author) (editor), Matt Carmichael (Goodreads Author) (contributor) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Men Have Gone: War Crimes in Kenya's Mt. Elgon Conflict 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Hundred Ways of Putting Pressure: Violations of Freedom of Expression and Associations in Ethiopia 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Capitalism not only alienates and commodifies nature into products and transforms humans into consumers, it also alienates and commodifies us. Our very gaze has become a product. Our attention is directed away from the biosphere that sustains us, and this alienation makes us to varying degrees blind, deaf and dumb.”
― Ben Rawlence, The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

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“The agencies tried to give the few incentive positions they had to women to encourage what they called ‘gender balance’ and, apart from those who chose to hustle in the market for a pittance, the remainder of the male population had no ability to provide for their families. They felt emasculated and camouflaged their injured pride in khat and idleness. There was little in their world that they controlled and so the one thing they sought to master, above all else, was their women. Muna”
― Ben Rawlence, City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

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“This is how the world ends: in a myriad of tiny tragedies. Each extinction of species, language, custom is noted not with a howl of protest but with a quiet tear.”
― Ben Rawlence, The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

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Which book would you like to read in July/Aug 2018 for Eastern Africa?
(Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

8 votes, 17.8%

Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai

6 votes, 13.3%

Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

5 votes, 11.1%

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

4 votes, 8.9%

Children of the Revolution by Dinaw Mengestu

3 votes, 6.7%

Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto

3 votes, 6.7%

Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ

3 votes, 6.7%

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

3 votes, 6.7%

From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah

2 votes, 4.4%

Mine to Win by Hiwot Teffera

2 votes, 4.4%

City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence

2 votes, 4.4%

Green City in the Sun by Barbara Wood

2 votes, 4.4%

Yohannes Ishi by Nabse Bamato

1 vote, 2.2%

Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World by Patricia Crisafulli

1 vote, 2.2%

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