John Prendergast

John Prendergast lives in Washington.  For several years he has worked in Africa with human rights organisations.  He was special advisor to the U. S. State Department on conflict resolution and served as director of African Affairs at the National Security Council. Prendergast is the author of numerous books on Africa, and is currently working as special advisor for the International Crisis Group, for which he visited Sudan in July 2004. ‘Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond’ (2007), his current study about Sudan, was written together with Don Cheadle.

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The Bones of our Children are not yet Buried
Center of Concern
Washington, 1994

Frontline Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa
Rienner
Boulder, 1996

Crisis and Hope in Africa
Inter-Agency Group
London, 1996

Crisis Response: Humanitarian Band-Aids in Sudan and Somalia
Pluto Press, Center of Concern
London, Chicago, Washington, 1997

Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
Hyperion
New York, 2007