Michael Deibert, Writer

Michael Deibert is the author of Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History (Zed Books), In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico (Lyons Press, 2014), The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books, 2013) and Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti (Seven Stories Press, 2005). He can be followed at twitter.com/michaelcdeibert.

Thursday, March 08, 2012

The Problem with Invisible Children's "Kony 2012"

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7 March 2012 The Problem with Invisible Children's "Kony 2012" By Michael Deibert The Huffington Post (Read the original artic...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Notes on Invisible Children's "Kony 2012"

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Lately, a new video produced by the American NGO Invisible Children focusing on Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army has been m...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

North Kivu’s False Peace

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North Kivu’s False Peace By Michael Deibert February 29, 2012 African Arguments (Read the original here ) At first glance today, things in t...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

In northern Uganda, a difficult peace

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26 February 2012 In northern Uganda, a difficult peace By Michael Deibert Le Monde diplomatique (Read the original article here ) Gulu, Ugan...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

En route from Kisoro

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Thoughts on leaving Africa

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Photo © Michael Deibert I write now as I prepare to depart Kampala, Uganda in a few hours for my trip back to the United States. I traveled...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Note from North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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I have had the most extraordinary trip to Africa thus far. Conducting final research and interviews for my forthcoming book Democratic Repub...
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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Wamala Tombs

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Wamala Tombs, situated in Wakiso district about 30 minutes from Kampala, is the sacred burial site of Ssekabaka II, the 29th king of Buganda...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

A note of thanks to the International Peace Research Association

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The International Peace Research Association has been generous enough to award me a modest grant to aid in the completion of my forthcomin...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

In Memoriam: Jann Marie Deibert, December 2, 1952 - January 9, 2012

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To the woman who first read to me on her knee many years ago, who first introduced me to Civil War history and history in general, who first...
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Monday, January 02, 2012

2011: A Reporter's Notebook of the Year Gone By

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A little later posting this than usual, but nevertheless hopefully a useful review of the subjects that I wrote about over the past year. We...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Words from the Casa Azul

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“Often I feel more sympathy for carpenters, shoe repairmen, etc., than for all that herd of fools who think they are civilized, loquacious, ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Angry Syrians crowd Arab League monitors

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Books in 2011: A Personal Selection

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During 2011, a year of pretty much unending rough waters, a number of interesting books nevertheless came into my life and. As I have done i...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Life Dances On: Lady Rollers Second Line in New Orleans

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All photos © Michael Deibert
Friday, December 16, 2011

In Memoriam: Sebastian Quezada

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Sebastian Quezada, one of my best and dearest friends. Thank you for your friendship, I learned so much from you, see you on the other side,...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

NOLA Evolution

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(With full credit given to Dirty Coast , whose terrific shop on Magazine Street I found only yesterday. MD)
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Review of Erin Siegal’s ‘Finding Fernanda’

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Posted on Sun, Dec. 11, 2011 Review of Erin Siegal’s ‘Finding Fernanda’ By Michael Deibert The Miami Herald Finding Fernanda: Two Mothers,...
Monday, December 05, 2011

Sonia Pierre 1963-2011

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Sonia Pierre, you were the greatest patriot that the Dominican Republic could ask for, one of the greatest advocates for human rights in the...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

We made it! Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair reaches funding goal on Kickstarter

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We made it! Thanks to a pledge from Jean R. Laraque and increase in the pledge of my old friend Matthew Moran, today - Sunday morning - we r...
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I am an author and journalist who focuses on Haiti, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mexico, Guatemala and occasionally further afield in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Hopefully, that means being of some use in the struggle of economically and socially disadvantaged people to lead more just and decent lives. Photo © Hilary Wallis
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