Dear Friends of Africa, March 2017 In any society including our African villages there are those people who stand out, the ne-er-do-wells by the score, that is the do nothings, the mafia type who thrive on the fear they instil to achieve their nefarious ends, then the common folk who make up the majority […]
December, 2016 Dear Friends of Africa, I think back now to July of […]
Dear Friends of Africa, January, 2016 Our students have a […]
Dear Friends of Africa, April 2016 The events I would like to relate now came from an encounter I had 55 years ago and the descriptions of events related to me at that time took place some 55 years previous to that. In other words, what I’m now describing are the observations of […]
Dear Friends of Africa, May, 2015 Throughout my years in Africa beginning with teaching in boys’ schools and various pastoral assignments there was also a lot of building going on. This was always a hands on program: hauling sand out of nearby rivers and breaking stone by hand with hammers to make gravel were givens. […]
Dear Friends of Africa, March, 2015 Last month the Headmistress of Mazinde Juu had the sad duty of attending the funeral of the father of one of our third year students, Elizabeth by name. During a private moment in the evening of the burial, Elizabeth pointed out to Sister Evetha the high wall around the […]
Dear Friends of Africa, December 2014 In every […]
