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He kept his eyes on his clasped fingers, nodding his head as he answered "The spread of disease a populations Priet Kope to open up felt like a small success

"Do you miss Malawi?"

He nodded "Yes"

"What’s it like there?"

He paused and tilted his head, face serious "Everyone lives in huts with no electricity"

"Oh," I said, frowning A diasped "You’rethat I reached out and gave his upper ar ht Kopano gave a s my eyes

"That is what everyone thinks about Africa," he said "And it is like that in soe cities, sa, his hand reached up and touched the spot on his arm where I’d hit him

"What do you ainst the armrest and his demeanor took on a dreamy reverence

"The waters of Lake Malawi are like crystal" The naical on his lips "Wild anihts with no artificial light to di the people There isthe leadership, but the people are kind They respect the land and one another"

I watched as he reined in his passion We’d both leaned in, trying to keep our conversation hushed

There’d always been so hi to battle injustices firsthand He could go head-to-head with the men who’d been led to their downfalls by his own father My adlanced at his book about diseases

"Is AIDS really bad there?" I probably sounded ignorant, but he didn’t seem to mind