WHAT HAS RELIGION GOT TO DO WITH IT -- Excerpts from Memoir
Religion and The Sanctity of Space of Social Interaction: A personal narrative on the Situation in South-West Nigeria (Chapter in a book, CONFLICT: What has Religion got to do with it? -- An African-European Dialogue ; pub. Woeli Publishing Services, Germany; 2004) By Jahman Anikulapo PREAMBLE The title and content of this piece have been inspired by a speech delivered by the South Korean Ms Irene NG, a former magazine editor, who later became a Member of Parliament, at a workshop for journalists in South Korea in 2002. Ms Irene, in her speech, Walking The Middle Line, which was basically a narrative of her personal experience as a journalist dealing with matters of inter-groups relationships, uncovered some uncommon roots of conflicts among groups of divergent orientations and ideologies. She suggested ways by which a communications worker or any social worker and, by extension, the larger society could effectively navigate the vast and precarious landmine wrought by differences ...