Dust from our eyes: An unblinkered look at Africa
By Joan Baxter
Wolsak & Wynn, 2008 (ISBN 978-1-894987-30-1), second edition 2010 (ISBN 978-1-894987-47-9); world edition, 2011, Fahamu Books
Shortlisted for the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
“Dust From Our Eyes should be compulsory reading for all Westerners…” Gerald Caplan, author of The Betrayal and Africa.
Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Joan Baxter draws on more than two decades of living in and reporting from Africa to reveal that there is more to the continent than poverty and suffering, and far more to Western involvement than benevolent charity. Alternately funny, chilling, moving and disturbing, Dust from our Eyes is a fast-paced, passionate narrative told with journalistic accuracy and anthropological acumen.
