personal narratives

Daoud Hari recounts his efforts to educate the world about the brutal genocide taking place in Darfur, describing how he takes journalists into the heart of the country to reveal the horror his people face on a daily basis and discussing how he has helped survivors find food, water, and safety.

Dr. Khassan Baiev describes his experiences after leaving a promising surgical career in Moscow in 1994 to provide medical services to the people of Chechnya which was under attack by Russian troops, discussing how he managed with poor facilities and few supplies, as well as the constant threat of execution by the Russians.

A memoir of the author's stint in the militia of the Party of Marxist Unification battling against the Fascists in Spain in 1936, describing the rigors of the experience and offering his analysis of the politics that impacted the war.

A detailed slave narrative of former Virginia slave John Washington that describes his life and experiences.

Traces the lives of two young boys from Sudan, Ayuel Leek and Beny Ngor Chol, who flee persecution in the form of starvation and violence, walk to Ethiopia, survive in refugee camps, and eventually reach the United States, where they are mentored in college so they can achieve their goal of helping other Sudanese.