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John Prendergast

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John Prendergast



John Prendergast is a human rights activist and best-selling author who has worked for peace in Africa for over 25 years. He is the co-founder of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity affiliated with the Center for American Progress. John has worked for the Clinton White House, the State Department, two members of Congress, the National Intelligence Council, UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has been a Big Brother for over 25 years, as well as a youth counselor and a basketball coach.

John is the author or co-author of ten books. His forthcoming book, Unlikely Brothers, due in May 2011, is a dual memoir co-authored with his first little brot
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Unlikely Brothers

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Congo Stories: Battling Fiv...

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The Enough Moment: Fighting...

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3.69 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Frontline Diplomacy: Humani...

3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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Prender's Progress: A Soldi...

3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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Crisis Response: Humanitari...

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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The Road to India: Guide to...

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977
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Jump (First Series: Novel)

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Peace, development, and peo...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992 — 3 editions
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Floating down the Liffey

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“industry analyst Caspar Rawles maintains. “We expect cobalt supply from [Congo] to become more dominant in the market.”200 Another industry analyst, Andries Gerbens, warns: “The cobalt-supply dependency on the Congo is a risky situation.” 201 This dependence has sparked multiple research efforts at finding an alternative to cobalt to utilize in efforts to improve the life and cost-effectiveness of batteries.”
John Prendergast, Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed

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