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John Prendergast is co-founder of the , an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. During the Clinton administration, John was involved in a number of peace processes in Africa while he was director of African Affairs at the National Security Council and Special Advisor at the Department of State.
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John Prendergast is co-founder of the , an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. During the Clinton administration, John was involved in a number of peace processes in Africa while he was director of African Affairs at the National Security Council and Special Advisor at the Department of State. John has also worked for members of Congress, the United Nations, human rights organizations and think tanks, as well as having been a youth counselor and basketball coach in the United States.
John is the author of eight books on Africa, including Not on Our Watch: The Mission to end Genocide in Darfur and Beyond , a New York Times bestseller and NAACP non-fiction book of the year that he co-authored with actor Don Cheadle. He is now working on two new books, one that focuses on his 20 years in the Big Brother program and the other on human rights and peace advocacy.
John has helped produce documentaries, consulted on movie scripts and was part of a series of episodes of CBS' “60 Minutes”, which earned an Emmy Award for Best Continuing News Coverage. With NBA stars Tracy McGrady and Derek Fisher, he co-founded the , which connects schools in the United States with schools in Darfuri refugee camps. He also helped create the , aimed at ending violence against women and girls in the Congo.
His op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the International Herald Tribune; he has been profiled in Vanity Fair, Men's Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, Capitol File, The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. John travels regularly to Africa's war zones on fact-finding missions, peace-making initiatives and awareness-raising trips. He is a visiting professor at the University of San Diego and the American University in Cairo.
Selected Bibliography
- President Obama's Immediate Sudan Challenge - Activist Brief
by John Prendergast, John Norris, Jerry Fowler
- President Obama's Immediate Sudan Challenge - Letter
A Peace Surge for Sudan
by John Prendergast, John Norris, Jerry Fowler
by John Prendergast and John Norris
- Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama
A Peace Surge for Sudan
by John Prendergast, John Norris, Jerry Fowler | November 6, 2008
- The Scorched Earth of Darfur by Samantha Power and John Prendergast, September 2008
- Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
by Don Cheadle, John Prendergast,
published by Hyperion, 2007
ISBN 1401303358, 9781401303358
by John Prendergast, Colin Thomas-Jensen - Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007
- Crafting Peace: Strategies to Deal with Warlords in Collapsing States
by Sasha Lezhnev, John Prendergast,
published by Lexington Books, 2006
ISBN 0739117653, 9780739117651
- God, Oil and Country: Changing the Logic of War in Sudan
Africa Report N°39
International Crisis Group
28 January 2002
- Crisis Response: Humanitarian Band-aids in Sudan and Somalia
by John Prendergast, Inc NetLibrary, NetLibrary, Inc.,
published by Center of Concern, 1997
ISBN 0585380309, 9780585380308
- Frontline Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa
by John Prendergast, Center of Concern (Washington, D.C.),
published by L. Rienner, 1996
ISBN 155587696X, 9781555876968
- Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan
by Jemera Rone, John Prendergast, Karen Sorensen, Human Rights Watch/Africa, Human Rights Watch (Organization),
published by Human Rights Watch, 1994
ISBN 1564321290, 9781564321299
- Without Troops & Tanks: The Emergency Relief Desk and the Cross Border Operation Into Eritrea and Tigray
by Mark R. Duffield, John Prendergast,
published by The Red Sea Press, 1994
ISBN 1569020035, 9781569020036
- Peace, Development, and People of the Horn of Africa
by John Prendergast, Bread for the World (Organization). Institute on Hunger & Development, Center of Concern (Washington, D.C.),
published by Center of Concern, 1992
ISBN 0962805823, 9780962805820
- The Struggle for Sudan's Soul: Political and Agrarian Roots of War and Famine
by John Prendergast,
published by Center of Concern, 1990
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