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The Translator: A Memoir |  | Author: Daoud Hari
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0812979176
Dewey Decimal Number: 962.4043092
EAN: 9780812979176
ASIN: 0812979176
Publication Date: January 13, 2009
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The young life of Daoud Hari–his friends call him David–has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world, an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time: the brutal genocide under way in Darfur.
In 2003, Daoud Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman, was among the hundreds of thousands of villagers attacked and driven from their homes by Sudanese-government-backed militia groups. Though Hari’s village was burned to the ground, his family decimated and dispersed, he himself escaped, eventually finding safety across the border. With his high school knowledge of languages, Hari offered his services as a translator and guide. In doing so, however, he had to return to the heart of darkness–and he has risked his life again and again to help ensure that the story of his people is told while there is still time to save them.
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 Daoud Hari's Powerful Call to End Genocide in Darfur August 16, 2010
Gregg Chadwick
In spite of its brevity, Daoud Hari's "The Translator" is an important book. Daoud's words courageously shed light on the horrors taking place in Darfur. On July 14, 2008 the International Criminal Court in the Hague charged Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, with ten counts of war crimes, three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder. The ICC Prosecution charges that President al-Bashir "masterminded and implemented a plan to destroy in substantial part" three tribal groups in Darfur because of their ethnicity. As I write this in August 2010, over two years after the publication of "The Translator", President al-Bashir has not been brought to justice and the situation in the Sudan has become increasingly untenable. After a brief cease fire in February 2010, the killings in Darfur continue.
Daoud Hari remains exiled in the United States where his writing and speaking engagements continue to gather international support to end what many call genocide in Darfur. Hari's small volume, which chronicles his harrowing journeys across the war torn landscape, weighs heavily in the international discourse about Darfur. Daoud Hari's "The Translator" is a must read for the politically engaged.
Great and realistic book July 8, 2010
Sudan resident
I was very impressed with the realistic accounts of the author. It is a very well written book. So many try to glorify or exaggerate what is/has gone on in Sudan that it is nice to have an honest perspective.
 Compromised by an inauthentic voice June 25, 2010
A. Bowler
The story in the audio version of this book is powerful, but the voice seems compromised in two ways: first, and most jarringly, the narrator is an American man affecting an "African" accent. It pulled me out of the story over and over again, with inconsistent and silly pronunciation. Why couldn't they have found a genuine African actor? Secondly, the voice of the text is usually clear and straightforward, but occasionally garnished by pretty phrases and flowery metaphors which seem to come straight from the two Western "as told to" authors. Dave Eggers set a high standard for creating an authentic voice while retelling the story of another Sudanese man, in his book What is the What?.
I'm sure I would have enjoyed this book much more if I had read it in print, instead of as an audiobook.
A powerful story of courage, adventure and perseverance June 17, 2010
John Gibbs (Melbourne, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Almost everyone has heard about the conflicts in the Darfur region of Sudan, the Janjaweed militias, the struggling peacekeeping and foreign aid efforts, and how the president of Sudan has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, but most westerners do not really understand what is happening in Darfur or why. Daoud Hari's book explains the issues in a moving and succinct manner.
The author is a member of a Zaghawa family, and his childhood was spent in Darfur happily mingling with the local Arabs and sharing the Muslim faith, although from time to time there were disputes with the Arabs over land. The disputes became worse as climate change reduced the amount of available pasture, and since 2003 the Sudanese Army and Arab Janjaweed militias have been driving the ethnic Africans out of Darfur. When the author's village was sacked, he was displaced into Chad and became a translator for foreign reporters and aid organisations until he was captured.
The book captures the author's love for his people and his land, and it tells an extraordinary story of courage, adventure and perseverance in the face of oppression and appalling brutality. It does not make the killings in Darfur seem reasonable, but it does help to give them context, and leaves the reader with a strong sense of the injustice faced by the victims. The book has been edited well and is a pleasure to read.
A must read. June 1, 2010
JLL (IN United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was well a written and vivid description of the horrors of the genocide in Darfur. Thoughtful and intense with emotion. I finished it several days ago and still think of some of the horrors he described. There is one intensely gripping scene of a father and his little girl who runs to him only to be stabbed. She continues to cry out to him as she is dying. There is another touching scene where he talks to some of the boys holding him captive. It is good to think about their lack of choices in life (and many others we condemn point blank without realizing the horror they grow up in). He describes how, through words he starts to massage some of the humanity back into their soul. Very touching and a good reminder that kindness, education and opportunity would do more to end the horrors of this world than all the armies. It might be nice if we listened more to men like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr instead of our eye for an eye mentality. Daoud is aboslutely amazing with the courage he shows not just shuttling journalists but staying when he could have left, knowing he would certainly face torture. Amazing.
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