Deepening Ubuntu Workshop

Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

I enjoyed the dancing, it felt as if I was totally on my own in a mist.  When John played the drum I could see and feel images of my ancestors passing before me.
The singing [...]

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African Spirituality

Posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2009

What does African spirituality mean to you? Voodoo, witch doctors, black magic? I can’t remember now if those where some of my first thoughts, but I certainly hadn’t ever found myself particularly drawn to African [...]

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Poem about Ubuntu

Posted on Saturday, June 20th, 2009

This is a poem about Ubuntu that I wrote after attending John’s workshop in Wales.
I came with curiosity,
Intellectual interest,
Prepared to criticize,
Proud of what I knew.
My own fearless self
Was free to walk away
I nearly did.  Then,
Moving [...]

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  • Deepening Ubuntu Workshop

    I enjoyed the dancing, it felt as if I was totally on my own in a mist.  When John played the drum I could see and feel images of my ancestors passing before me.
    The singing [...]