At nearly 90 years old, Pan-Africanist and political activist Eusi Kwayana is contributing to Face2Face Africa once again. This time, he remembers experiencing religious tolerance between Christians and Muslims -- which is something that is hard to come by throughout Africa -- in Accra, Ghana, during the 1960s: One Friday at noon, walking in some part of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle (pictured above), I had to stand and work out what was happening. Hundreds of people — many wearing robe-like clothing — stopped in their tracks and fell toward the ground. It struck me that for all the visible oneness of the people, there were people of various faiths claiming the same space in the same city. ... Though this is a seemingly idle recollection, this scene has meaning for other parts of Africa today: These good old days are gone, and while every faith has its fanatics, all can look back on Accra in 1965, where a visitor saw a people not dominant in the State proclaiming their faith and doing acts of worship in the Kwame Nkrumah Circle with the understanding of their fellow citizens. Read the rest of his experience here:
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 16:37:57 +0000
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