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The author of “The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur” will visit the Summit Campus of Colorado Mountain College to talk about his book and sign copies on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
“The Translator” is this year's Common Reader book across the college district, a program designed to promote learning conversations.
Daoud Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman who grew up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, wrote “The Translator,” which the Washington Post Book World says “may be the biggest small book of this year, or any year.”
In 2003, Hari's traditional life was shattered when helicopter gunships appeared over his village, followed by brutal militia attacks. The attacks destroyed the village, but he escaped and led survivors to safety. When international aid groups and reporters arrived, Hari risked his life by offering his services as a translator and guide to The New York Times, NBC and the BBC, as well as the UN and other aid groups.
Hari will be at the college's new Breckenridge Center, 107 Denison Place, at 7 p.m., Nov. 4. While the talk is free, $5 donations are encouraged, with half of the proceeds going to Reporters Without Borders, an organization that fights for press freedom and human rights all over the world. Seating is limited, so please arrive early.
For more info: (970) 453-6757.
“The Translator” is this year's Common Reader book across the college district, a program designed to promote learning conversations.
Daoud Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman who grew up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, wrote “The Translator,” which the Washington Post Book World says “may be the biggest small book of this year, or any year.”
In 2003, Hari's traditional life was shattered when helicopter gunships appeared over his village, followed by brutal militia attacks. The attacks destroyed the village, but he escaped and led survivors to safety. When international aid groups and reporters arrived, Hari risked his life by offering his services as a translator and guide to The New York Times, NBC and the BBC, as well as the UN and other aid groups.
Hari will be at the college's new Breckenridge Center, 107 Denison Place, at 7 p.m., Nov. 4. While the talk is free, $5 donations are encouraged, with half of the proceeds going to Reporters Without Borders, an organization that fights for press freedom and human rights all over the world. Seating is limited, so please arrive early.
For more info: (970) 453-6757.
