Fighting for Darfur

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When fighting erupted in Darfur in western Sudan in 2003, it was little-noticed by the outside world. But by April 2004, when the world was commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, activists had begun raising the alarm bells about atrocities in Darfur. Soon a large and vocal Darfur advocacy movement was born. That movement pressured first the Bush and then Obama Administrations to do more to stop the conflict.  In a new book called Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide,  activist-turned-journalist Rebecca Hamilton assesses the movement’s accomplishments and its influence on U.S. policy. On this episode of How We Got Here, Hamilton discusses her findings with The World’s Marco Werman. Download MP3