Jean Ogden
1 book
About the Author
Jean Ogden is the author of Hello Me White Woman Come Save Trees?: A Memoir of Africa and Development Gone Wrong, a candid work that explores the complicated intersections of place, culture, aid, and good intentions. With an eye for irony and a willingness to question familiar narratives, Ogden brings a reflective perspective to encounters with Africa and the development world. Her writing invites readers to consider how personal experience, power, and assumption shape stories of helping and being helped. She writes for readers drawn to thoughtful memoir and socially engaged nonfiction.
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candid
reflective
critical
Books by Jean Ogden
