The Rafiki Foundation

Oct 04 2024 19 ep. 32 mins 4
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Karen Elliott is the executive director of the Rafiki Foundation. Karen travels to Africa several times a year and oversees the work of the Rafiki Foundation which, through its 10 Rafiki Villages, is working toward bringing Bible study and classical Christian education to a thousand schools in Africa and beyond in the next decade. Karen believes classical Christian education should go global starting with some of the most marginalized children in the world – Africa. This podcast seeks to answer – “What does Athens have to do with Africa?” and much more.

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Episode 19: Lori McDaniel on the Great Commission

Oct 04 2024 32 mins  
In this podcast, Karen Elliott interviews Lori McDaniel the author of the Mission of God and You. It's an excellent resource for mission statistics, inspirational stories and practical strategies to encourage all of us to engage all the more with God's mission to be glorified in all the earth. Rafiki’s implementation of Classical Christian schools across ten countries in Africa i

Episode 18: What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem

Aug 23 2024 49 mins  
Karen Elliott and Grant Horner discuss why Christians should read pagan texts and how this applies to classical Christian education in AFrica.For a full presentation on this refer to Rafiki Foundation's YouTube channel featuring Dr. Grant Horner's presentation at the Rafiki Foundation's classical Christian conference in Kenya and Uganda October 2023.

Episode 17: Robyn Burlew on Classical Christian Education and African Learning Traditions

Aug 16 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, Karen speaks with veteran educator, Robyn Burlew, about the distinctive features of classical Christian education (CCE) and its particular challenges and opportunities in African contexts.

Episode 16: Church Planting History in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 10 2024 14 mins  
What does Athens have to do with Abuja? Classical Christian education in Africa is a part of church history. This episode provides stories from missionary work in nine of the countries where Rafiki serves with brief missionary biographies for both indigenous and expatriate missionaries.

Episode 15: Training Teachers for Rafiki Schools

Dec 21 2023 37 mins  
In this episode, Karen speaks with Becky and Richard, graduates from Rafiki's teacher training college and current teachers at the Rafiki School in Uganda.

Episode 14: The Student Experience at Rafiki

Nov 24 2023 28 mins  
In this episode, Karen speaks with a Rafiki alumnus about her experience at the Rafiki school and what she has done since graduating.

Episode 13: The Experiences of Missionaries in the Rafiki Foundation

Oct 13 2023 37 mins  
In this episode, Karen is joined by two missionaries who serve one of the Rafiki Foundation's schools in Uganda. David and Michelle Graves, a couple that upended their lives to serve Rafiki's mission, share their story about how they came to Rafiki, what the experience has been like in Uganda, and what the Rafiki school is like.

Episode 12: Do African Teachers Think CCE Works?

Sep 15 2023 19 mins  
In this episode Karen speaks with a teacher at the Rafiki School in Kenya who started with Rafiki as a day student. They discuss how Rafiki’s classical Christian education is changing the lives of young people in Africa.

Episode 11: A History of Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Sep 01 2023 33 mins  
In this episode Karen explores the history of the first African bishop of the Anglican church, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and describes his significance in CCE.

Episode 10: How CCE Influenced James "Africanus" Horton

Aug 04 2023 30 mins  
In this episode, Karen describes a 19th century intellectual leader, James 'Africanus' Beale Horton, who was greatly influenced by CCE.