The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 29th, 2002
RITES OF PASSAGE THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPE OUR LIVES
Young lions
Sunday, December 29, 2002
The curriculum covers everything from conflict resolution to nutrition, goal setting to African history.
It is known as The Simba Circle (Simba means young lion in Swahili), a two-week summer camp at Camp Ewalu in Strawberry Point, Iowa, that prepares 100 young African-Americans for manhood. The camp is sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Division for Church in Society.
Simba blends the Afrocentric value system of Nguzo Saba, the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa (unity, self-determinat...
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