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Bubi dancers, from Equatorial Guinea, in Dubai
Intore dancer, Uganda, by Eric Lafforgue
Central Africa//Least Concern//Chiroptera//image source
Fun Fact: Their unusually shaped head allows hammer-headed bats to make loud sounds.
“I know I have an inner peace, and try to maintain a calm approach to life, work and its problems. This peace has been a long time coming.
I believe it is partly to do with age — you begin to appreciate the things that really matter in life and to realise that most of the things you have spent years worrying about do not matter as much as you thought they did.
But more than that, since working with MSF I feel I have found my place in the world.
I have always struggled with the concept of patriotism, at least the idea of belonging to a particular spot on the globe.
My belief is that we are citizens of the world, all human beings together, all with the same basic urge to live in peace.
I have come to realise that my place in the world is not a geographical location, it is who I am and how I interact with the world — this MSF life has given me the chance to interact in a way which does not place importance on nationality, race, religion but on humanity.
It suits my beliefs, ethics and interests, and brings me peace.”
Barbara Pawulska, Flying Pharmacist for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Learn more about MSF’s work in the DRC.
“Land of Tears is a brilliant and beautifully written book on a crucial moment in the colonial history of Central Africa. Robert Harms reveals the global and local contexts of the complex transformations of African societies in the last decades of the nineteenth century, with a special focus on the rainforest ecosystem and the strong local African resistance. An erudite, balanced, and timely book, and an engaging read.”
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