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Martin Mbwana (1930?-1990) and the Moment of Revelation

Martin Mbwana (1930?-1990) and the Moment of Revelation

“I am because WE are and, since we are, therefore I am.”

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Mbwana’s home parish, with a couple of guys I don’t know

For him it was an airplane. For me it was a dinner setting.

I didn't really understand until I saw the place-setting at the table. Dinner plate, salad plate, water glass, flatware, and neatly folded napkin; all just the way it should be. The only thing missing, through the entire long, fun, loud,…

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