Dispatches December 24 2009 Shaanxi China, Washington, Mali, Halifax, Touba Senegal

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DATE : Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2009-12-24 08:00:00
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This week: How to exploit Africa in just a few easy steps. A Canadian journalist exposes the simple rules of a cynical game. China versus the churches; why Christianity offends the Communist Party and how the churches strike back. Relics of the saints; the author of a new book explores why the bones of the dead have such power over faith and conflict. And ecstatic pandemonium. We make a Sufi pilgrimage with the devout of Senegal to the holy city of Touba. This is "Dispatches

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