New African, June 1st, 2006
Kate Eshelby, an experienced Western traveller in Africa, was bowled over by the lessons in African philosophy that the so-called poor pastoralists in northern Burkina Faso taught her.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I hugged Daouda goodbye at the airport. "Why are you crying?' he asked. "I am not dead. We will meet again," he said, a statement which tells so much of the African philosophy.
Daouda was my translator for one month, we became extremely close and shared a lot during that time. In the course of my numerous trips to Africa, I have frequently noticed their positive view on life. Wha...
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