A Thought (and a Book Recommendation)

"People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It's not viewed as a serious continent. It's a place of strange, bizarre, and illogical things, where people don't do what common sense demands." --Chinua Achebe

Which of course is both the joy and frustration of living and working here! But I'm particularly drawn to the idea that we view things based on what we already imagine them to be like--and not just here, but in so many walks of life. In fact, when we are most frustrated, we realize that that's usually what we are doing!

By the way, Achebe is Nigerian and his book "Things Fall Apart" is considered one of the great African classics. Great book club book or just a good read!