Events in Ukraine have caught my concerned attention. Four generations of my Dutch Mennonite family were born and/or lived in Ukraine. On my dad’s side,
In the artisans’ courtyard at the Royal Palace of Abomey, Benin, where the king of Abomey still holds court, I admired the work of local artists — bronze figurines of roaring lions, appliqued maps of Africa, a weaver’s shuttle dancing back and forth.
