In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

I get a chance to observe the moon now, I still see those same images I saw when I was six, and it pleases me to know that that part of my childhood is still embedded in me.

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever for peace and development. I contest this view. For the sake of these children, it is essential to prove that another life is possible.

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end.