The Things We Didn't Know.

"Whenever you have plenty of something, you have to share it with the fyata, she said. (And Mama Mwanza is not even Christian!)"
(Kingsolver 206)

Starting the section The Things We Didn't Know in the Third Book of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Leah is our first narrator and explains how bad tough life has gotten for them after Independence Day. They no longer receive their $50 monthly allowance from the Church so they have no way to buying food. Mama Mwanza, their physically impaired neighbor, although, takes on this nurturing role and shares the plenty of oranges her sons find with them. Leah is surprised and confuse as to why would anyone help them out when they were the idiosyncratic ones among the Congolese. I chose this quote because it brings out the motif of Africa's great benevolence and magnanimous acts towards others despise social barriers like their chosen religion. 

Analysis: Leah is humbled by the experience of not having enough money, lowering her level in terms of the Hierarchy of Needs. Leah begans to understand that whites are no better than any other race in the world or to that matter, Christianity is not a requirement when wanting to help others in need. For the natives of Kilanga being uncivilized and lost souls, they are showing a better example of the principals of Christianity than the Christians themselves are.