Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: On being saved from King Leopold's ghost -- I. Sacrifi cing Africa. Saving Africa : the reticence of Christianity -- Reimagini ng social ethics in Africa : from skills to stories -- Performing Afric a : stories, politics, and the social imagination of Africa -- II. Dari ng to invent the future. Daring to invent the future : the madness of T homas Sankara -- "A different world right here" : Jean-Marc âEla and re imagining the church in Africa -- Things fall apart : Christianity, pow er, violence, and marginality -- III. The sacrifice of Africa. Fighting tribalism "in a small way" : Bishop Paride Taban and the Kuron Peace V illage -- The sacrifice of Africa : Angelina Atyam and the politics of forgiveness -- Gathering the fragments of a new future : Maggy Barankit se and Maison Shalom.