We are compelled to seek that more difficult way of identifying the causes of conflict, apologizing and forgiving. My experiences in Africa have led me to seek training to deal with conflict in concrete and practical ways. I have brought that training to my work with the Amani Center in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. Amani is a nongovernmental organization that provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention and debriefing with victims, including U.S. and Kenyan survivors of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Nairobi. I am learning from the peoples of Africa and they are learning, again, from each other.
Reconciliation is both a personal and social journey.
The hope and possibility to undertake it lies within each of us.