A review by cpalisa
Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram

4.0

5 stars for the subject matter and maybe 2.5 stars for readability? This was a very eye-opening book...before reading it I couldn't have told you anything about Rwanda other than there had been a large scale genocide there at some point in recent history. This book is pretty recent and tells of the current political situation there. According to the author, the state of affairs is pretty shocking and horrendous, but largely ignored. The book centers on the treatment of the Press and, essentially, the complete suppression of any free press, and the stranglehold the government has on the people. It isn't a pretty picture and it makes you feel immensely grateful for the freedoms we have here. As far as readability, it wasn't great. I actually had to look and see if it was a translated version since it seemed so clunky, but it wasn't. It didn't flow at all, but the story is still an important one.