Michela Wrong

Michela Wrong

Michela Wrong has spent 13 years reporting on the African continent and is the author of two non-fiction books, "In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz," about the Congolese dictator Mobutu, and "I didn't do it for you", about the Red Sea nation of Eritrea.

Articles by Michela Wrong

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The famous things they never said

  • 04 September 2008
  • 6 comments

The mystery of a famous quotation that cannot actually be found

The burden of knowing too much history

  • 31 July 2008
  • 11 comments

If, as a westerner, you are going to visit Africa, the earlier in your life you do it, the better

How a continent missed its moment

  • 03 July 2008
  • 10 comments

Mbeki's grand project has been sabotaged by his inability to view events on the continent outside a narrow racial prism

Troubled borders

  • 19 June 2008
  • 2 comments

Observations on Africa

Lessons from a beleaguered continent

  • 29 May 2008
  • 7 comments

People cannot be left indefinitely to fester in unbearable living conditions, stripped of any hope

Why it's all about land

  • 17 April 2008
  • 1 comment

In much of Africa today, the sad reality is that land is still the only asset guaranteed to retain its value

What made Kibaki blink?

  • 06 March 2008
  • 8 comments

The donor community's stance was outrageous. Arrogant, high-handed, a clear challenge to national sovereignty, it verged on neocolonialism. And thank God for it

Don't mention the war

  • 14 February 2008
  • 3 comments

Failing to acknowledge the elephant in the room means generations of cynical politicians have got away with blatant ethnic favouritism

The dilemma for Kenya's donors

  • 17 January 2008
  • 11 comments

Should donors continue lending to the new government, which many Kenyans regard as illegitimate?

Tribal paranoia

  • 10 January 2008
  • 6 comments

Ethnic polarisation is taking hold in Kenya reports Michela Wrong Photos by Peter Chappell plus don't miss Rageh Omaar's analysis

David Blanchflower

Cameron flip flops

Flipping Tory policies prove a flop

Interview

Clive James

The NS interview: Clive James

Political speeches

Our top ten

Great political speeches

Film review

Invictus

Invictus (12A)

Andrew Stephen

The real Salinger

The real reason Salinger sought  escape

Mark Watson

Preparing for fatherhood

Immaculate conception

John Gray

A cure for genocide?

Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

Simon says relax

Charity singles

Simon says relax

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