Dan Morrison's Blog, page 6

Reporting the Next Revolution

Reporting the next revolution, and the next counterrevolution.

The Dam Bursts in Egypt

A textbook Gandhian uprising survives a night of gunfire and firebombs...The privileged long for a strong hand at the tiller...Who attacked the Egyptian Museum?

Gratified in Gotham

I'm very pleased that The Black Nile has been selected as one of the Village Voice's Best Books of 2010, joining the likes of Patti Smith, Milan Kundera, Jennifer Egan, and The Anthology of Rap. This comes on the heels of a swell December 5 write-up by Joshua Hammer in The New York Times Sunday Book Review.

Praise for The Black Nile

Dan Morrison takes the reader on an incredible journey in The Black Nile. Weaving together intense travel writing and history, he has produced a supremely entertaining work, and also an important one. --David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

The Future

Visions of the future, from Nassim Taleb, Douglas Coupland, and Leonard Cohen.

Sudan: A Legend Predicts the Fall

Mohammed Wardi, the legendary Sudanese crooner, has joined the pessimistic chorus predicting a weak and battered Sudan after next month's southern secession vote.

A Glowing Review in The Washington Post

Travel writer Tahir Shah has published a glowing review of The Black Nile in the Washington Post. It's especially gratifying coming from an author who knows first-hand the joys, burrs, and dangers of off-the-grid travel and reporting. Here's an excerpt.

A Secret Language, Hiding in Plain Sight

In my latest piece on the National Geographic website, members of a tiny Indian hill tribe insist their distinct language is no different from that of their neighbors -- and the bigger tribe agrees. In reality, the tongues are as different as English and Hindi.

Lonely Planet Gives 'The Black Nile' 4.5 Stars

Travel guide author Steve Waters, writing at the Lonely Planet website, has this to say: The Black Nile offers a fascinating and harrowing look at a country that continually makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. Morrison does his best to explain the historical events, tribal intricacies, external pressures and internal tensions that haunt Sudan [...]

The One-Eyed Hunter & the Albino Fishing Cat

The subject of my most recent piece for NatGeo News Watch, Sitesh Ranjan Deb is a one-man rescue committee waging a lonely battle to save the animals of his native land.