Adam Hochschild

Adam Hochschild's most recent book, Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2005. He teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. (June 2007)

From the Review

June 14, 2007: English Abolition: The Movie

Amazing Grace a film directed by Michael Apted

January 12, 2006: 'In the Heart of Darkness' (letter)

October 6, 2005: In the Heart of Darkness

Memory of Congo: The Colonial Era

La mémoire du Congo: Le temps colonial catalog of the exhibition, in French or Dutch, edited by Jean-Luc Vellut et al

December 21, 2000: An Open Letter to the President (letter)

November 3, 1994: Magic Journalism

Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski, translated by Klara Glowczewska

June 11, 1987: Against Loans to Chile (letter)

Books by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998)
Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels (1997)
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin (1994)
The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey (1990)
Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son (1986)