Voice of Witness, Nowhere to Be Home featured by the Epoch Times

Posted on April 7, 2011

In her article “Stories From Victims of Burma’s Military Regime: A Testament to the Value of Oral History,” Epoch Times writer Annie Wu discusses the work of Voice of Witness and our newest title, Nowhere to Be Home: Narratives of Burma’s Military Regime. Wu describes the importance of the series, writing, “The true value of these personal testimonies lies in the fact that through recording their stories, survivors become agents of history, instead of being silenced forever by their government.” To read the full article, click here.

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Voice of Witness is a nonprofit book series that empowers those most closely affected by contemporary social injustice. Using oral history as a foundation, the series depicts human rights crises around the world through the stories of the men and women who experience them. Voice of Witness was founded by author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen, and is the nonprofit division of McSweeney's Books.