The place is Nairobi, Kenya, where Dove, a brittle, aging correspondent for Reuters, the British news agency, brings home a young American "stringer" named Neal, who has been expelled from neighboring Uganda for reasons not yet fully explained. Worried about his own position, because of previous negligence, Dove hopes to use the story of Neal's expulsion to his own advantage, and he enlists the services of two black prostitutes to help him get at the truth of what happened. One of the girls, Mary, is a world-wise Kenyan who has become skillful at playing the sexy fool for the white man; the other, Christina, is a former student from Uganda who fled her country after being raped and brutalized by government troops. It is Christina who is delegated to pry Neal's story from him but, as the two exchange confidences, it becomes disturbingly clear that both are idealists who have been defiled--and violated--by the terrors of modern Africa, and neither can betray the other. Eventually the sardonic Dove does learn the truth, but his triumph is a hollow one. As the play ends, even Dove is sobered by the realization that he, and his fellow Europeans, have done little to alleviate and much to exacerbate the failings that they now so smugly and cynically report to the world beyond.

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This Family Business: The Family at Work

Christian Publications

How to Set Goals and Really Reach Them

Horizon Books

This volume presents an eyewitness account of the practical and everyday relations of the mark lee with krishnamurti (1895-1986) who was a prolific author as well as a renowned and respected educator and speaker. Such relations reveal warmth and closeness, leading to a deep understanding of some of the unexplained mysteries surrounding the man and his teachings. Mark lee was first introduced to krishnamurti's teachings as a teenager in 1955 and to krishnamurti himself in 1965. For the next 45 years he worked in the krishnamurti foundations as teacher, principal, director and trustee in succession. It was krishnamurti's compelling and engaging admonition to 'be a light unto yourself' that kept lee associated with the work of the foundations - a serious challenge - that called for inner discipline, austerity in thinking and living and rigorous self-awareness. Krishnamurti was associated with several schools in india, england and the usa from the late 1920s onwards. Five nonprofit foundations were established by him and continue to preserve and disseminate his teachings globally. For students of krishnamurti's teachings, lee's experiences can serve an informative and useful source of further learning and education.

Knocking at the Open Door: My Years with J. Krishnamurti [Paperback] [Dec 01, 2014] Mark Lee

Penguin India

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