All Posts Tagged With: "Africa"
Your Grandmother’s Islam: Can Religion Be Separated from Culture?
Quick, identify this scene: At dusk, believers flock to a shrine, following the pounding of drums. They come to hear the rhythmic chanting of a living saint. A leafy stimulant is passed around, and the men and women chew it until they reach a transcendent state, rocking and dancing and chanting along with their leader [...]
4Sep2007 | Andrea Useem | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Moral Lives of Foreign Correspondents
Visiting a slum in Nairobi is like walking through a haunted house: a horror around every corner. You have to step carefully to avoid slipping into the open sewers. You see and hear and smell that people are living in situations very close to hell on earth. It’s hard to fight the overwhelming urge to [...]
27Aug2007 | Andrea Useem | 0 comments | Continued