If you’ve never spent an evening watching bad Nigerian soap opera movies on this oddly popular satellite channel, you really haven’t missed anything.
But if you’ve never spent an evening in the company of an elegant and charming gentleman from Benin and his equally elegant and charming wife, you have missed a great deal. Theodore Tchenah is ARC’s Camp Manager at Nyabiheke Camp. His wife, Christine, has joined us for a few months to lend her expertise in soap making, weaving, and other practical skills to our fledgling program.
It just so happens that Theodore is a loyal fan of the Africa Magic channel, and as he told me tonight, the movies always give us a lesson. For example from this evening’s selection, I believe the lesson would be don’t try to have a pair of hit men kill your husband or you might end up going to jail.
The point being, cultures clash, and then they don’t. Somewhere in there it is a soap opera and we can’t resist tuning in to see how it all turns out.
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"Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward. Work not for a reward; but never cease to do thy work." --from The Bhagavad Gita
Further Reading
- "Beyond the Gates"--What would you risk to make a difference?
- "Fighting in Congo Rekindles Ethnic Hatreds"--New York Times 10 January 2008
- "Frustration With Charities and U.N. Grows in Congo"--New York Times 16 December 2007
- "After Clashes, Fear of War on Congo’s Edge"
- "East Congo fighting worsens humanitarian suffering." ReliefWeb 09 Oct 2007
- "Wake up. Congo is already at war."--The East African 09 October 2007
- ENOUGH! The project to abolish genocide + mass atrocities.
- Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War--New York Times
- Information about Voluntary Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA's) from vsla.net
- "Who's Making Money On Microcredit?"--From NOW on PBS
- News about the conflict in DRC and refugee issues from the United Nations
- Linda Cullen Photographer
- American Refugee Committee
About Me
- Louise Ruhr
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