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Article: A war reporter tries to understand what courage is: 'Thinking about courage becomes a reflection on humanity.'.(Courage: Africa)(Column)
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- Nieman Reports
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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Emmanuel Ndamwumvaneza covers wars for our radio news station. One day, with no other reporter on hand, Emmanuel was sent to cover a health story. We'd heard that in Burundi's hospital emergency rooms, when sick people can't pay their bills up front they are not cared for. At Radio Publique Africaine (RPA), an independent radio station, we wanted to put a constant watch on this situation to see if this was true and, we hoped, to end this unfair rule.
When Emmanuel Ndamu, as we call him, a giant, strong and courageous war reporter, saw a woman who was giving birth refused medical attention because she had no money to pay, instead of his usual loud shouting, he was ...