Laura Gordon (Survivor Corps in Burundi): Laura worked as an English teacher in Côte d’Ivoire in 2002 and Thailand in 2003. In 2006 she graduated from the University of Oxford with a 1st Class degree in Modern History. After graduating, Laura worked in Uganda as a research intern for the Uganda Human Rights Commission. At the time of her fellowship she was pursuing her master’s degree in International Affairs at The Graduate Institute, Geneva. After her fellowship, Laura wrote: “I'm more comfortable in my skin now, and after a couple of years of wondering where I belong, I'm now sure that it's overseas in the development world. I love Burundi and I'm desperate to go back.”
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden. He’s very knowledgable and gives good introductions to a lot of countries and issues affecting the continent at the moment. I learnt a lot, including about the countries I ‘know’. It also manages, I think, to tread the often-difficult line between being too critical of governments and not criticising enough.
Posted By Laura Gordon
Posted Jul 3rd, 2009
