There were 32 of us from 14 countries.
Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Zambia, and several other African countries were well represented. Three were from the US. One was from the UK and one from Canada.
We were a collection of pastors and counsellors, writers, journalists and artists.
Two were television journalists who covered little-known wars.
I was aware of at least one engineer.
I heard people speaking English, Portuguese, Xhosa and several languages I could not identify.
While I have no way of knowing anyone’s net worth, it became clear from multiple conversations that some lived on very, very little while others had all they would ever need.
Several people among us had buried their children, faced wars, famine and experienced violence first-hand.
Some…