title: Rwanda: gods and ghosts.
abstract: This paper provides a personal story. I was born in Africa and have a great empathy for its people. The perceptions I provide are through the eyes of an African born individual who has lived in Australia for many years. It is said that you can take the child out of Africa; however, you cannot take Africa out of the child. During my return to Rwanda in 1994 to 1995, I learned many lessons. Perhaps the most significant being that the Rwandan people displayed absolute stoicism and acceptance of adversity, and from the suffering they had endured, they displayed a great dignity.
authors.affiliation: Canungra Medical Centre, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Todd
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000533:Altruism; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012432:Rwanda; D014857:Warfare