The Miracle of the 'Uncommon Breed.'

STOP! Stop! I said stop right now. Stop sleep walking through your life and start living your dreams! I don’t know what dreams you got, but its hard changing yourself for it.  The question is:  what did you do to at least reach it or do...

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In Pursuit of Happiness

SEARCHING Jack and Nancy have been married for two years.  One fateful day, Nancy woke up and said to Jack,  “I feel like I can’t continue with this marriage, I need to do something more worthwhile with my life.” She then continued,  “this is my third...

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Annual Debate 2018

Don Bosco College, Moshi, Tanzania hosted the 2018 Annual Debate with the motion - " Modern Technology is the Arche of Moral Decadence in Africa."  In this 14" clip, Adrian Matebesi makes a case for the motion. Take a look!   The views expressed...

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The Art Of Making a Choice And Existential Guilt

CHOICES      I intend to write about the gift of making a choice. Indeed,  it takes some time and often a lot of courage, and wisdom and freedom - to come to know what one really wants. The choice is made difficult not by the fact that one of the options...

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Does God Limit My freedom?

BREATHING FREELY UNDER WATER It can generally be agreed upon that the extent and immensity of human knowledge has surpassed and exceeded the wildest of our expectations.  In Greek mythology, such a state of affairs never went unnoticed and unpunished by the...

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Road not taken.... Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better...

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Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

The Caged Bird Sings of Freedom The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his...

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Traveller, There Is No Path : Antonio Machado

The path is made by walking. Everything passes on and everything remains, But our lot is to pass on, To go on making paths, Paths across the sea. I never sought glory, Nor to leave my song In the memory of man; I love those subtle worlds, Weightless and...

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Love and the Resurrection

Can Love Conquer Death? As seen on the cover, my short article on "Love and the Resurrection"  has featured in this months edition of Writers Space Africa.  Download ...

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A Loving God in an Imperfect World

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL      The human and anthropological problem of suffering and agony is the most unpalatable of the existential challenges that man must face and contend with. The question of the death of young and innocent children, the incurable...

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How to develop a Courageous Character

Courage  In order to live happily and be successful, one must learn which values and traits to hold and how to achieve them. This also demands developing a consistent personality and character. Courage is the ability to conquer the chronic desire to limit options...

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FUEL YOUR PASSION FOR LIFE

         THE PASSIONATE DREAMER         I have been privileged in the last 4 years to have had opportunities to visit a number of African countries; Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya and Tanzania (where I have been for almost three...

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You are my morning and Evening Star

Poem By Francis Chanda (2018) You are my morning and evening star  My beautiful love  The flower that bloomed in my heart  It neither longs for water nor light but your smile  Life wants you to be my  past… but my heart, my future  You...

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Demythologising The African Moral Consciousness

RESHAPING AFRICAN MORALITIES The project of demythologizing is an imperative now more than ever. In the history of thought, demythologizing takes on a particularly special impetus with the philosophers. As a matter of fact, most of us dwell in an age in which an...

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