writer and journalist
Author of The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda, he writes about Africa for New York Times Magazine and The New Republic, among other publications; former resident of Uganda (2002-2004)
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Uganda Debates Death Penalty for Gays Televangelists in the US are broadcast in African countries. Pastor Rick Warren of The Purpose Driven Life is especially proud of his outreach. But that's drawn him into the controversy over a proposal to make what's called "aggravated homosexuality" punishable by death in Uganda. Yesterday, Warren issued a video message to Ugandan church leaders condemning the anti-gay bill as "unjust, extreme and un-Christian." Andrew Rice has lived in Uganda and written about it in newspapers, magazines and in The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget .
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