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Visiblizing Eritrea — Africa is not a Country: Eritrea is.

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Dr. Samuel Mahaffy | 9 Comments

Eritrea is invisiblized by its detractors.  U.S. foreign policy, Western strategic alliances and media propensity to cover Africa only when and where there is a dramatic crisis, conspire to invisiblize countries like Eritrea. The scholar and linguist Noam Chomsky sees an insidious Western agenda in such invisiblization.  In a book he co-authors with Andre Vltchek he suggests that “Western misinformation…

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From Peace Making to Injera Making

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Dr. Samuel Mahaffy | 3 Comments

Eritrean Cooking weaves rich relationships and recipes together to frame a dream that the world can find a more peaceful path.

Sharing an Uncommon Relational Banquet in a Very Common Restaurant

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Dr. Samuel Mahaffy | 4 Comments

What can we learn about the importance of place or shared meals in peacemaking? How are relationships changed when we eat from a common dish? How do we construct places where we can gather for a relational banquet?

‘Gursha’: The East African Ceremony of Feeding One Another

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Dr. Samuel Mahaffy | 0 Comments

What would it mean if we were to practice the act of Gursha in our relational life?

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