A Death in the Diaspora
by Kwathi Akol Ajawin
I was in Memphis, Tennessee, April 6 for the burial of my friend and co-worker Reverend Canon Ismail Badur Kunda. About a thousand people showed up from all over the country, plus two pastors from Sydney, Australia, and Bishop Andudu el-Nail from Sudan representing Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo.
I served for over fifteen years in Cairo with this great servant who hailed from Nuba Mountains. I didn’t know Rev. Ismail was an Episcopalian, since our focus was on the kingdom of God and spreading the gospel among the Sudanese immigrants. Denomination rarely comes up in our discussions.
[Ed. Note: Rev. Ismail attended one of AFRECS’s past annual conferences.]