From Library Journal
Rafaga is the nom de guerre of Reynaldo Reyes Davis, a Nicaraguan Miskito Indian. This work chronicles his life and his role in the war for the rights of Miskitos in Nicaragua. He recounts his childhood and the struggle for basic education that led him, still a teen, to a Church of God seminary. He served briefly as a minister in a Miskito community. By the time he was in his early twenties, however, Rafaga had become part of the Sandinista revolution. Then, angered by the Sandinista atrocities against the Miskitos and other Nicaraguan indigenous groups, he joined the Contras as a field commander. Eventually disillusioned by the Contra leadership, he began to work for peace and Miskito autonomy. His book presents a very personal and certainly controversial view of the complexities of Nicaragua's recent history.
- Mary Margaret Ben son, Linfield Coll. Lib., McMinnville, Ore.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Mary Margaret Ben son, Linfield Coll. Lib., McMinnville, Ore.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
