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Her Story

To truly know Africa, you need to be still enough to listen to her quiet story.
The story that is written between the lines.
The story that lies behind the eyes of the storyteller.
The story that lives in the hearts and spirits of her people.
You must be still and …LISTEN!
There is a deep pain behind the bright white smiles and the swaying hips of her women.
There is a cool and turbulent frustration held in the fist of protest and the praying hands of her men.
There is a despondence lying in the laughing eyes and humble obedience of her children.
But to know the full dynamics of her story…
You must listen…
With your heart, not your ears
With your soul, not your mind
With your love and not your ignorance.
You must listen.
Then and only then, will you HEAR her story.
Then and only then, will you KNOW her story.