Radio Okapi Kindu - Jennifer Bakody

When Canadian Jennifer Bakody steps off the plane in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004, she walks into the hardest, most inspiring job an idealistic young journalist could ever imagine. Six years of war involving eight countries and several million deaths has just ended in a ceasefire. Two weeks later, Bakody finds herself up the Congo River, managing a joint NGO and U.N.-backed radio station. She and the team's hard-working local reporters are determined to cover the country's rapid march towards elections, but can one small station known as the "frequency of peace" stand the strain of maintaining its editorial rigour when so much is at stake? Radio Okapi Kindu is a touching memoir that charts Jennifer's steep learning curve from nave aid worker to passionate ally, while paying hommage to one of Africa's greatest modern-day success stories.