Reviews

Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle

kipahni's review

5.0

This book is amazing. It gives you ways to get involved with the genocide and how to prevent it from happening again. If you consider your self a humanitarian- no if you consider yourself HUMAN read this book.

bibliotequeish's review

4.0

A powerful book that not only sheds some light on the issues, but tries to offer solutions.
An easy to follow book on a hard to follow subject.

sarahglabb's review

5.0

This was amazing! Coodles to Don to add awareness. John Pendergrast did write this too...it's just says it's by Don Cheadle. Only thing bothering me.
We were going over genocide in English and I felt un-believably blind to all of it. The only genocide I thought that happened was the Holocaust. Boy I felt stupid afterwards. This book opened up my eyes more and made me feel like I could do something however small. Great read, I would reccomend it to any one.

teghan's review

4.0

I was already quite familiar with Darfur when I picked this book up, but I still enjoyed it. People wanting to learn about Darfur, this is a good book to start with. Don Cheadle speaks candidly about his own ignorance and his inevitable awareness. Its a book that can be heartbreaking in it honest portrayal of people and it gives hope for those of us watching the unfolding crisis.

jordanpattern's review

4.0

Get off your ass and do something for Darfur.

thebookscout's review

3.0

I wish I have read this a decade ago. I once loved a book, entitled 'Inyenzi' by Andrew Brown, which was a fictional book that perhaps was based on the genocide in Rwanda. I picked this book up because it is also about genocide but not fictional. It even was written for a cause. The authors wrote about the reality of the victims, oppressors and the governments involved. They wrote about the efforts they've done and what else everyone can do. Their activism for the lives of the people in Darfur is an inspiration that compels the reader to help their co-creations, even outside of their nations. Even though there is no war within the city I live in, it shouldn't blind me of the fact that there is an ongoing war somewhere else (especially now in the southern part of my country). This book is a call to the apathetics to just do something, anything to help or raise awareness.

macfiar's review

4.0

This book is very informative about the situation and I liked the personal stories of Cheadle and Prendergast as they walked through it. But the book is also written in a way that largely makes it a handbook on how to be an activist. A little strange for me but overall well done.