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Friends in Africa


Features
Life at Lumakanda Friends Church by David Zarembka

Silent Journeys of Quakers from Hill House by Kumah Drah

Leadings of the Spirit by Rommel Roberts, Robin Roberts, and Lark Worth

Empowering Women against Gender-based Violence by Parfaite Ntahuba

The Place of God’s Own Choosing by Eden Grace

Quaker Christianity in Kenya by Stanley Chagala Ngesa


Poetry
Quaker Silence in Community by Pat Meehan

Spelunking: What My Father Taught Me About the Light by Geoff Knowlton


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Among Friends

Enriching Our Faith

Our introduction to the October Issue. Gabriel Ehri
Features

Life at Lumakanda Friends Church

An American Friend looks at the strong community at his Kenyan church. David Zarembka
Features

Silent Journeys of Quakers from Hill House

An unprogrammed meeting in the West African nation of Ghana. Kumah Drah
Features

Leadings of the Spirit

American and South African activists bring election monitoring to Cape Town suburbs. Rommel Roberts, Robin Roberts, and Lark Worth
Features

Empowering Women against Gender-based Violence

The story of Burundi’s Friends Women’s Association. Parfaite Ntahuba
Features

The Place of God’s Own Choosing

The founding of the mission in Kaimosi, Kenya. Eden Grace
Features

Quaker Christianity in Kenya

A Kenyan shamanistic spirituality was fertile ground for Quaker missionaries. Stanley Chagala Ngesa
Poetry

Quaker Silence in Community

FJ Poetry: "Our own voices now still..." Pat Meehan
Poetry

Spelunking: What My Father Taught Me About the Light

FJ Poetry: "For Christopher, July 1933–May 2019..." Geoff Knowlton
Forum

Forum, October 2019

Letters from our readers. Staff
News

News, October 2019

News of Friends. Staff
October 2019 Books

Becoming Fully Human: Writings on Quakers and Christian Thought

By Michael Langford. Friends of the Light, 2019. 456 pages. $19.14/paperback; $4.99/eBook.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Paul Buckley

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