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Africa

Ivory Coast Slideshow

John James has just posted a super little slideshow of life in the Ivorian City of Bouake as it gets back to normal after the conflict there.

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Bible Translation

The Moba New Testament

An Australian, a Togolese and a Geordie open the boxes of the Moba New Testament as they arrive for the first time in Northern Togo. Years and years of work go into reaching this point, but it’s now that the really exciting stuff can start as God starts to work in the lives of the […]

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Observations

Bakers and Curry

One of the nice things about travelling around is that I get to meet friends in different places. Sue and I first met Rob and Lois Baker when they were single missionaries teaching at a school in Ivory Coast. Twelve years later they are living in Benin where Lois teaches at an English school and […]

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Africa

Kenya

I will refrain from commenting on the situation in Kenya because I don’t really understand all of the details. I would, however recommend that you take a look at Kenyan Pundit if you are interested in following what is going on. Hat Tip Ian Dale.

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Church: World Computing/Internet

Blogs I Read: Geography Blogs

This is a somewhat loose category to lump together a series of blogs which each focus on specific areas of the world. Four of them are written by colleagues of mine working in Africa and one by a former colleague who now resides in the United States. Rob & Lois Baker and Nora McNamara (all […]

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Africa Bible Translation

Lingamish on Dependency

David Ker has just posted a very thoughtful short piece on issues surrounding aid to the developing world. He particularly looks at how this effects the Bible translation project he is working on. By the way, if you would be interested in supporting the Nyungwe translation project, you can sponsor the team for a day […]

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Africa Computing/Internet

DR Congo Blog

Cédric Kalonji has a great blog about life in Kinshasa. Being about life in a French speaking country, it’s all in French, but well worth a read if you speak the language. If you don’t read French you can read an interview with Cédric here. You get some fascinating insights into life in a large […]

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Africa Church: World

Christianity Today: The Church in Africa

There is an excellent article on the African Church in Christianity today. It’s well worth a read. A century ago, there were four times as many African Muslims as there were Christians. Today, Christians constitute 46 percent of the total population, and now outnumber the continent’s estimated 412 million Muslims. Further, while African countries currently […]

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Africa

Recycling in Africa

Take a look at this post on Rob’s blog.

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Language and Society

Literacy in Ivory Coast

This Video produced by the Bible Society of New South Wales gives a good introduction to issues surrounding literacy and Bible translation. I must admit I was quite surprised to see that they are sponsoring literacy among the Kouya – I would have thought I’d know about that. It also shows the real dangers that […]