Introducing Palabre
Elisee Ouoba and I have started a new blog called Palabre. The word “palabre” is a French-African word which means roughly “conversation”; a palabre in Africa usually takes place under a designated tree in any given village, and it will often concern serious community issues; it is like an informal town hall but one that takes place everyday.
We have invited several distinguished writers to partake in the discussion and we hope it will contribute to fruitful action on the ground in Africa. Since the gospel touches every aspect of humanity, including both the spiritual and the physical, the conversation is intentionally open to such controversial subjects as politics and economics, as well as anything else that you would expect of theologians. It was decided that we could not host Palabre on the Barnabas Venture website; as an associate member of CCWM we exist for charitable purposes, and so we will be intentionally apolitical on this website.
At Palabre too, you will see the fruit of many years of research. Already we have posted five academic theses (3 masters, 2 DEA) in French by our authors; these are documents written in Africa by Africans; plus I’ve added some of my own academic papers. Everyday, we will try to add something new, a video on Africa, news from the continent, or an academic article.
There are also links to some very rich resources in theology, both in French and English, some of which specializes in Africa.
We invite you to come and join us in the shade of the palabre tree. As a non-author, you have the ability to join us too in the commentary section under each article. Thank you, Peter W. Dunn
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