{"product_id":"the-dictator-is-us-9789983942101","title":"The Dictator is US","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alagie Saidy-Barrow\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Global Hands Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Global Hands Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the former Director of Research and Investigations of the Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) comes a behind-the-scenes narrative of investigating twenty-two years of human rights violations in the quest for accountability and reconciliation. Through interactions, interviews and testimonies of witnesses and State representatives, the author provides a narrative that walks the reader through the initial stage of building the research and investigations unit and investigating a wide range of incidents, such as the murder and torture of children during the April 10-11 student protests, killing of West African migrants, witch hunt of mainly elderly people, the President's claim to \"cure\" incurable diseases such as AIDS, and enforced disappearances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is illuminating for anyone interested in understanding how a dictatorship is birthed, nourished and sustained. It is a social commentary that is unforgiving in its assessment of the roles played by individuals and various institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Global Hands Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888756572311,"sku":"9789983942101","price":2595.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789983942101.webp?v=1781168171","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dictator-is-us-9789983942101","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}