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There are, for example, the character Paul Theroux's comic misadventures with women. Visiting a leper colony in Malawi, he meets a nurse who is not a nun but who dresses in a nun's habit. "This stuff's cooler," she says, when he asks her why. "I mean, I'm naked underneath." Their attempt at a tryst--she has a room in the nuns' quarters--is not a success...
...person would like to return to his or her country, the option is often non-existent because of the political situation. "I would not say go back during a war," says Maraire. "It's kind of foolish to get yourself shot. There are other options.... Maybe, [for example] Malawi does not have what you want to do. Maybe you can do it in Senegal, or Ghana or South Africa or Zimbabwe. Why do we rush off immediately to London? We could go to another African country...
...changes are working. The congregation has grown and now boasts almost 200 members, many from other neighborhoods. Betsy Cameron and her husband Mark Gray, both in their 30s, heard about Oakhurst while they were teaching English in Malawi in southeast Africa. "To [white] people who have stepped outside their own culture, you feel uncomfortable going to a white church," says Gray. "This is the only church we have attended since we came back in 1993. We feel at home here." Inez Fleming, 46, a family counselor, made a promise to attend the church of her new husband several years...
...Malawi Elects New Prez
...Chronicle also listed "grants, gifts and pledges" from three African countries: $1.65 million from Zambia, $1.06 million from Kenya and $2.8 million from Malawi...