Uganda, April 29 -- One of my fondest memories of the teenage years, decades ago, at King's College, Budo, was the joy of listening to western music and singing popular songs, word for word.

Besides Lionel Richie, Billy Ocean, Michael Jackson, and Marvin Gaye there was Phil Collins. His song, Two Hearts, had the intriguing line '.but if you don't have faith in what you believe in, it's getting you nowhere.' My young mind did not know that belief and faith were not exactly the same thing.

Then one day our Religious Education teacher; a Briton called Richard Evans, taught us the difference under the theme 'God speaks through men'.

He told the story of a tightrope walker, balancing himself over part of the famous, picturesque, awesome Nia...