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• The Life of a Whistle-Blower

  posted to Freakonomics on Thu 25th Jun 09

  Jake Whitney of Guernica interviews Michela Wrong, whose new book, It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower, tells the story of John Githongo's anti-corruption crusade in Kenya.

• The Life of a Whistle-Blower

  posted to Freakonomics on Thu 25th Jun 09

  Jake Whitney of Guernica interviews Michela Wrong, whose new book, It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower, tells the story of John Githongo's anti-corruption crusade in Kenya.

• Michela Wrong's turn at the World Bank

  posted to PSD Blog - World Bank Group on Thu 18th Jun 09

  Michela Wrong, the author of It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower and a former journalist at the Financial Times, has been making the rounds promoting her new book. It's Our Turn to Eat tells the story of John Githongo, a Kenya anti-corruption

• Our turn to eat

  posted to Chris Blattman's Blog on Wed 17th Jun 09

  Leaving John that day, I felt a deep tinge of melancholy. Working in Africa, Id grown accustomed to compromised friendships, relationships premised on willful ignorance on my part and an absence of full disclosure on my friends. When visiting a former Congolese

• Kenya's Watergate

  posted to Chris Blattman's Blog on Sat 28th Feb 09

  I walked into the bookstore and spotted the owner behind the counter. We made eye contact and I moved toward him. With a quick glance around, I leaned in and said, in a self-conscious half-whisper: "That book that everyone wants -- do you have it?"The man shook