Man on a Mission (Voices on Genocide Prevention)
Series: Voices on Genocide Prevention
From: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Length: 00:20:25
Brian Steidle, a former Marine, served as an unarmed military observer and a United States representative to the African Union where he took photographs documenting the atrocities of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He recently published a book about his experiences in Darfur called A Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to a Genocide in Darfur and featured in the documentary of the same title. Brian speaks to Jerry Fowler about his experience in Darfur and his mission to bring awareness through multimedia.
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Piece Description
Brian Steidle, a former Marine, served as an unarmed military observer and a United States representative to the African Union where he took photographs documenting the atrocities of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He recently published a book about his experiences in Darfur called A Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to a Genocide in Darfur and featured in the documentary of the same title. Brian speaks to Jerry Fowler about his experience in Darfur and his mission to bring awareness through multimedia.
Broadcast History
Posted to US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Web site on September 6, 2007 and is available on various Web-based distribution sites, namely iTunes.
Transcript
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007, MAN ON A MISSION
JERRY FOWLER: My guest today is Brian Steidle. He is the former Marine who spent time in Darfur as a member of the African Union Monitoring Team. He is recently published a book about his experiences, The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur. And he is also the subject of a new documentary film with the same title. Brian, welcome back to the program.
BRIAN STEIDLE: Thank you.
JERRY FOWLER: A lot of people may have heard your story but let us start with the basics. Why is it that a former U.S. Marine was part of an African Union mission in Darfur?
BRIAN STEIDLE: Well I had gotten out of the Marine Corps at the end of 2003, and I was looking for a job overseas, a good paying job with a little bit of adventure, and found a job on the Internet that said Patrol Leader Sudan. And so I applied for it and headed off to...
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