Chokra Love - An Unexpected Gift

The Offering: Chokra Love

By Uwem Akpan
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the October 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Jesuit priest and writer Uwem Akpan receives an offering from a Kenyan street kid and discovers the depth of his heart.

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