Rafiki - July - September 2006

Abstract

Like the legendary Phoenix, Rafiki has a habit of rising out of the ashes. Just when you had written it off, some fervent novices had to come and resurrect it. I think ‘fervour’ is an especially apt word to describe the spirit and purpose of this publication. The readership of the newsletter is ludicrously small. Rafiki is sent out to Jesuit communities in the Eastern African province. There, it will compete with hundreds of other much more worthy publications for the eye of the resident. Perhaps on an idle day a Jesuit may pick Rafiki to reminisce on his novitiate years and his equally embarrassing efforts at journalism. Besides candidates to the Society of Jesus it is difficult to think who will be ‘dying’ to get the latest issue of this quarterly....