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The Book Club: Do Not Disturb

The Book Club: Do Not Disturb

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

March 24, 202143m 41s

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<div>This week on the Book Club podcast, Sam is joined by the veteran foreign correspondent Michela Wrong to talk about her new book <em>Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad</em>. While Rwanda's president Paul Kagame has basked in the approval of Western donors, Michela argues, his burnished image conceals a history of sadism, repression and violent tyranny. She tells Sam what our goodies-and-baddies account of Rwanda's genocide missed, and why it urgently needs correcting.</div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>