Africa

All Friends’ Conference of 1920

Before the 1937 Friends World Conference, Friends from throughout the world and across the various branches of the Religious Society…

Trees for Africa

Many consider FWCC a seedbed for Friends’ responses to our faith and testimonies. In one case, that can be said…

The Africa Section of FWCC in 2007

Take 125 people from seven countries and put them together in Kampala, Uganda, and you’ve got the FWCC Africa Section…

A View of FWCC from the Southern Tip of Africa

I have tried hard to share the joy of FWCC happenings with my monthly and yearly meetings, but neither spoken…

Quilts in Burundi: The Unending God Story Goes On

For many years my personal ministry has been to make quilts for people in hard places—divorce, terminal illness, or depression.…

On Good Soil and Increasing Yield

He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: Listen! A sower…

Love in the Face of Violence

Twenty-some years ago, Ron and I sold everything we owned and flew off to Africa. We landed in Southern Sudan…

A Quaker Speaks from the Black Experience

The history, role, and involvement of African Americans in the Religious Society of Friends have been subjects of long-standing interest…

Nozuko's Story

Fall 1999, Singisi, South Africa It’s an ordinary autumn day. The chilling wind announces the impending arrival of winter, snapping…

The Heart of My Enemy: Rwandan Friends Rebuilding after Genocide

If, for example, you see your children being killed by machetes and that stays in your mind, that can cause…

Speaking across the Divide: Cecile Nyiramana at St. Louis Meeting, June 29, 2005

Cecile Nyiramana, secretary to the legal representative (akin to general secretary) of Rwanda Yearly Meeting, visited the United States as…

A Visit to Kamenge AIDS Clinic

On January 19, 2005, I visited the Kamenge aids clinic in Bujumbura, Burundi. The program is run by Friends Women’s…
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