I do not believe that this is what Africa is good for, but I do believe that this is true…..
“Africa may yet prove to be the spiritual conservatory of the world …When the civilised nations in consequence of their wonderful material development, shall have had their spiritual susceptibilities blunted through the agency of a captivating and absorbing materialism, it may be that they have to resort to Africa to recover some of the simple elements of faith.”
In Africa, they are consumed by reality, they have more things to worry about than material development. Children’s mothers are dying on the side of the road, stew is being made for 80 children, a 2 year old has just been raped, a village of 5,000 people are infected with HIV/AIDS. It’s tragic, but the people who belong there have planted both feet in the harsh world of Africa, they are present in their tragedies and fierce in their fights. They are busy sustaining the life around them, and it may be wrong, but I can’t think of anything more beautiful.
