pstrongemThe letter writers were armed according to their rank guns, scalpels, pens, purses, and voices. They had loyally followed The Leader for thirty years, until now. Among them were the usual biblical disciples - the forthright, the doubtful, the peaceful, the fearful, and the traitorous. They once had faith in The Leader who delivered independence and now withheld it.emstrongppbrppstrongemThe Letter Writers emare Eritrean men and women, the G-13, who met to discuss their concerns about Isaias Afwerki, once regarded as the world's most successful rebel commander and hailed by Bill Clinton as an African 'renaissance leader'. The letter they composed the Berlin Manifesto and the book about it explore the theme of misplaced loyalties in one man misguided trust in flawed leadership.strongppbrppstrongPower can do strange things to people the Eritrean leader was assiduously cultivating a personality cult. The letter writers conclude that the leader in whom they invested so much faith an