Boston College’s Sociology Dept is using The Translator: A Memoir for its course named “African World Perspective” this fall. In 2003, Daoud Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman in northern Darfur, fled his village, which was under attack by Sudanese militiamen. Here is Daoud’s harrowing and life-changing, eyewitness account of the brutal genocide in the Sudan.

Zine Magubane, Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston College says “I chose this book because The Translator offers American students a superb opportunity to hear about the realities of the Darfur situation through the voice of an African person. The book is both an excellent primer on the political situation in Darfur and a deeply moving personal story that gives students a sophisticated, yet accessible, view into the Darfur conflict.”

We are pleased to say The Translator is also a book pick by Colorado Mountain College and Mars Hill College for First-Year Experience.

Website: www.SaveDarfur.org

For more information on the book and the author, visit http://www.randomhouse.com/acmart

Read an excerpt here:

http://www.randomhouse.com/acmart/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812979176&view=excerpt

Order an exam copy here.