Jeffrey Gettleman is the East Africa Bureau Chief for the New York Times and the author of Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival.

“I’m not an adventure-seeking adrenaline junky. I like to explore new worlds, but I’m not one of these chain-smoking, hard-drinking, partying types that just wants thrills all the time. And unfortunately that’s an aspect of the job. And as I get older and I’ve been through more and more, the question gets louder. Which is: Why do you keep doing this? Because you feel like you only have so many points, and eventually the points are going to run out.”

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Gettleman on Longform

[01:15] Gettleman’s Archive at The New York Times

[01:30] Gettleman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work

[01:30] Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival (Harper • 2017)

[08:30] Tampa Bay Times (Previously St. Petersburg Times)

[11:30] Fan Club

[12:30] The Front Row

[18:00] "Into the Heart of Falluja" (New York Times Magazine • May 2004)

[22:00] "The World’s Worst War" (New York Times • Dec 2012)

[30:00] "Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War" (New York Times • Oct 2007)

[30:30] "Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits" (New York Times • Sep 2012)

[35:45] Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad • Dover Publications • 1990)

[38:45] "Ominous Signs, Then a Cruel Attack" (New York Times • Sep 2013)

[45:45] "Jeffrey Gettleman’s World of War" (Jack Shafer • Slate • Mar 2009)

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