catapult magazine

Items tagged Africa

• Approaching the AIDS emergency

  The DATA organization is calling for a world community effort to help solve the devastating problems of African countries.

• <I>The Next Christendom</I> is here

  Philip Jenkins? compelling book explores current and future trends in Christian growth as the world?s largest religion moves South and East.

• Commuting to Africa

  A North American woman finds home on a vast and colorful continent that inspires both incredible joy and difficult questions.

• An ordinary hero

  A review of Hotel Rwanda.

• Dreamers vs. Dreamingers

  A freelance development worker reports on the state of Africa and his own sense of hope.

• Cooking chicken wat

  How international dishes can help us explore the world and acknowledge our limitations.

• Grant’s recommendations 4.4.08

  A 1968 film about an English boarding school rebel may send you looking for African folk music.

• Freedom to speak

  A tradition of the Indiana Republican party illuminates the gift of participation.

• Shades of beige and brown and tan

  Figuring out how to examine categories as a means of dismantling prejudice.

• Half a library

  A list-in-progress of formative collections.

• Ten places I want to visit (or re-visit without my children)

  An imaginative world tour through several historical sites with a surprise ending.

• A cage of my own

  On finding comfort in familiarity, even in unfamiliar places.

• Things I carry with me

  A collection of thoughts gathered during time spent in Africa.

• Sisters with a job to do

  The one who stays put reflects on two very different callings within the same family.

• An American question

  Identifying cultural differences for expectations of the good life.

• An autobiography, with tea

  A North American looks to look beyond the leaves.

• First world problems and the privileges of (in)convenience

  Lessons learned in a global household, over a batch of local pasta sauce.

• Quitting my dream

  To Africa and back again.

• Beware of planting Barbie corn

  Lessons from an experimental garden in Africa.