Dans un village à l’est du Nigeria est né un jeune garçon appelé Obi. Obi était timide de nature, mais il se comportait avec beaucoup de diligences. Il n’aimait pas les célébrations sans que les gens ne sachent le pourquoi. Un...
Rise, Oh ye, daughter of Africa Made strong like an arabica An Iroko, staunch and brave Striding, gliding, you’re a glaive They might aim to berate You, forgetting they elevate You, higher like a mahogany You’re a queen, black and ebony...
On January 23, 2021, the General Administration of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate presented its third Laudato Si Webinar. In this third edition, entitled “Emerging from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance from Laudato Si”, we had two different presentations. Joe Gunn,...
Born and brought up under Her gaze and her careful watch She taught me to move, match Following the traces of my elders Born and groomed to be leaders I’m the cherished of a woman Who grew up not envying any...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disait, dans Terres des hommes : « D’où suis-je ? Je suis de mon enfance. Je suis de mon enfance comme d’un pays. » Quand nous rencontrons des immigrants nous avons cette habitude de leur demander comment ils se sentent d’être ici,...
Pet Sematary was published in 1983 by Stephen King. It has been adapted into a movie twice, in 1989 and 2019. According to the author, Pet Sematary was an abandoned book he submitted simply to honour a contract he entered earlier...
Les années se suivent, mais elles ne se ressemblent point, dit un proverbe africain. Les habitants de ce pays d’hiver savent bien que comme le soleil s’élève chaque jour, de janvier à décembre, l’hiver retourne chaque année sans manquer au rendez-vous....
The purple hibiscus is set up in a postcolonial Igbo society. The story is woven around the family of Mr Eugene Achike. He is a model of a successful postcolonial Igbo family. Eugene is wealthy, philanthropic, pious, and principled to a...
It is easy to wave away Chimamanda’s observations on Nigerian Catholicism by quoting Peter and Paul, but we cannot pretend that she made up all her arguments. Many people have accused her of either being ignorant of the Church’s teachings or...
Tiens! Tiens! tout souriant, elle disait en distribuant des images de l’Enfant Jésus de Prague. Un très beau cadeau, d’une innu-auass, aux participants à la messe de l’épiphanie. Mais peut-être pour l’apprécier, il serait mieux d’avoir déjà visité l’église d’Ekuanitshit. Si...
