This film of Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s novel about the Nigerian Civil War will be on national release from March 27th. Film reviewer David Stratton writing in The Weekend Australian gives it four stars out of five and writes that it is “a significant achievement for the embryonic Nigerian film industry.”
When the Heart Decides, is a story of the triumph of love over adversity, and of the strength of the heart that seeks love even in the midst of one of the world’s bloodiest civil wars. It is a classic African epic that recounts the realities of war with a dash of romance and Christianity.
The publishers are iUniverse and the book was written by George Gyude Wisner II, who lived in his native country of Liberia throughout its civil war. He is also a poet and the coauthor of multiple UNDP-commissioned studies. The book was published in 2013 when he was pursuing a Masters of Public Policy (Development Policy) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
The Development Policy Centre has been working hard since August to process and analyse the results of the first Australian aid stakeholder survey. A total of 356 stakeholders in the Australian aid program were surveyed, from the senior executives of Australia’s biggest NGOs and development contracting companies, to the officials of multilateral, partner government and Australian government agencies. This unique exercise has delivered a distinctive set of results that will provide critical input on the future of Australian aid.
Access to the report, podcast of the event, and summary blog, is now available on the website.
Professor Stephen Howes
https://crawford.anu.edu.au/people/academic/stephen-howes
Professor Bob Bowker
(Centre: Professor Bob Bowker, Right: Dr Daniel Connell – Crawford school, Left: Dr Brian Fisher)