The Sacrifice of Africa

<DIV>Emmauel Katongole is a Catholic priest from Uganda born in 1960 who lived through the reign of Idi Amin and has seen the postcolonial struggles of his home country and its sub-Saharan neighbors - Rwanda the Congo Zimbabwe Liberia and others - up close and personal. <br><br>Looking at this region ravaged by war corruption terror genocide and disease Katongole wonders at length what difference Christianity makes - or could make - in numerous African nation-states. The Sacrifice of Africa argues that in the face of Africa's social political and economic turmoil a new future truly is possible and displays how such a new future inspired by Christian faith looks.</DIV>