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Ben Rawlence

Biography

Ben Rawlence

Ben Rawlance is a former researcher for Human Rights Watch in the horn of Africa. He is the author of RADIO CONGO and has written for a wide range of publications, including The Guardian, the London Review of Books and Prospect. He lives in the Black Mountains in Wales with his wife and daughter.

Ben Rawlence

Books by Ben Rawlence

City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
by Ben Rawlence - Cultural Studies, Current Affairs, Nonfiction

Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya, Dadaab is a city like no other. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a first-hand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many of those who have come there seeking sanctuary. In CITY OF THORNS, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the camp and to sketch the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped there.