Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits
Contributors: Wolford, Patricia
Publisher: First Edition Design Inc
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sarasota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781622873432
Subjects: Missionaries; RELIGION; Christian Ministry; Missions
Description: In 1986, Mogadishu, Somalia, was the safest capital in Africa. In 1994 it was vastly different than our introduction to Somalia in the previous decade. A civil war had broken out, and Somalia was in chaos.
Table of contents: title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PART I; MOGADISHU, SOMALIA; 1986-1988; ARRIVAL IN MOGADISHU; LIVING IN MOGADISHU; CLANS AND NOMADIC SOCIETIES; FRIENDS AND ACTIVITIES; TRIP TO LONDON; BACK IN MOGADISHU; FALL OF THE SOMALIST; PART II; PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA; 1990-1992; Our Assignment; LIVING IN PORT MORESBY; THE BAREFOOT DOCTOR; RASCALS, TRIBAL WARS AND HOUSES; WORK CAMP IN MOROBE PROVINCE; FIRST CHRISTMAS IN PORT MORESBY; SOMALIS IN PORT MORESBY?; EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED; PART III; TURMOIL IN EAST AFRICA; 1993; title: 1995; RETURN TO SOMALIA; HORN OF THE HUNTER; THE BANDIT BOYS OF SAAKOW.; title: PAT'S RETURN TO SOMALIASHABA SAFARI; RWANDAN REFUGEE CRISIS; HELL IN GOMA; SUMMIT MEETING IN LIBOI; FOOD AND GUNS IN SAAKOW; GUESS WHO'S COMING ON SAFARI; STREET CHILDREN IN NAIROBI, KENYA; POLICE IN NAIROBI; NEW LIFE OFF THE STREETS; VERANDA OF THE NORFOLK; APPENDIX; SOMALI CLANS; PERFECTING THE MOGADISHU SAUNTER; SUMMARY OF HISTORY; Political Map of Somalia; CLAN MAP OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS OF SOMALIA; STREET MAP OF MOGADISHU WITH U.S. EMBASSY BUILDINGS; MAP OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA; ABOUT THE AUTHORS.