"How I envied them. How I wanted to
be Catholic.
I would quickly erase these thoughts in fear of angering
the Moslem God. I would silently beg Him to forgive me and
explain that I only wanted to look good in a white frock
and would never ever betray him."
Confused and unaided, Sophie longs to fit into a world that
she doesn't understand. Set apart by a religion that she
doesn't even practice, the young girl struggles to cling to
roots that were never firmly planted. In Sophie's mind,
religion has no spiritual relevance, only social
definition.
Namagunga Primary is as unforgiving to outsiders as Sophie
fears the Moslem God to be. She yearns to achieve a sense
of belonging in her new Catholic world without abandoning
her parents' beliefs and angering her God. Can she find a
common ground? Does she want to?
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