Mukesh Kapila is a medical doctor, humanitarian expert, and international aid diplomat. He wrote a book with award-winning and bestselling British author, Damien Lewis. As announced this Summer, ‘Against A Tide Of Evil‘ is the new book we will discuss tomorrow.
From Kapila’s website:
In this no-holds-barred account, the former head of the United Nations in Sudan reveals for the first time the shocking depths of evil plumbed by those who designed and orchestrated ‘the final solution in Darfur’ and why so many good men stood by and did nothing.
A veteran of humanitarian crisis and ethnic cleansing in Iraq, Rwanda, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, Dr Mukesh Kapila arrived in Khartoum in March 2003 having made a promise to himself that if he were ever in a position to stop the mass-killers, they would never triumph on his watch.
Against a Tide of Evil is a strident and passionate cri de coeur. It is the deeply personal account of one man driven to extreme action by the unwillingness of those in power to stop mass murder. It explores what empowers a man to make a stand to confront global indifference and venality.
We read the book when it came out and we already mentioned Mukesh Kapila several times on the MagkaSama Project. This Reading Group will allow us to better understand what is (still) at stake in Darfur and the recent events in Sudan (read our news #SudanRevolts protests are back, unlike the media coverage).
Below: A short film from Mukesh Kapila introducing his book:
