Once Upon a Time in Africa

Overview

This collection of stories from Africa brings us to a place where the elders gather the children around the fire at night and narrate the stories and events that make them a proud and memorable people.

The stories--some, myths from the past and others, accounts of life today--tell of the mystery of being and the relationship of both human and non-human creation with the Creator. They teach the human heart about compassion, forgiveness, joy, peace, and unity; indeed, of the value of harmony within all creation.

Joseph G. Healey, MM, is a Maryknoll priest and the former Coordinator of the Mission Awareness Committee (MAC) of the Religious Superiors Association of Tanzania based in Dar es Salaam. His books include Towards an African Narrative Theology and (with Jeanne Hinton) Small Christian Communities Today. He is a member of the St. Charles Lwanga SCC in Dar es Salaam and the St. Jude Thaddeus SCC in Musoma.

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