Volume 8 No. 1 / June 2006 starts from where other volumes of Africa Tomorrow had finished. In the previous volumes one sees that most ideas or problems which affect our world today be they philosophical or theological have been discussed in depths. With the same idea in mind the current Volume follows the same trend in trying to make the readers ponder and contemplate the love of God and of the neighbor through reading it. The philosophical section opens up with a magnificent piece on Some Philosophical Metaphor. Mr. Grzegorz Trela illuminates us with different metaphors which are found in some philosophical writings such as in Ockam's Razor, Plato's cave, and in the writings of Feyerabend and Popper. By reading it one will find that metaphors help us in discovering some profound ideas about our lives.

The second article The Understanding of the Self and Narrative Identity in Paul Ricoeur brings us what Fr. Thomas Kochalu has written about Ricoeur's ideas on self identity. This is an eye opener to our quest for the understanding of our personal identities. Taking a stance from the celebrated book of Ricoeur entitled Oneself as Another, the writer brings us to the understanding of our human nature.

In the third article Mr. Julius Wambua gives us a masterpiece on African Philosophy. His article A Critical Exposition of the Concept of and the Reality on the Debate on African Philosophy speaks for itself. Ideas about African Philosophy have been well exposed and the origin and nature of African Philosophy are well noted. In addition, Mr. Wambua gives us a clear distinction between ethnophilosophy and professional philosophy. He offers us with some suggestions on how to deal with the subject.

The fourth article speaks about The Aristotelian Concept of Friendship. This article which was written by the late Hezron Nchimbi (May his soul rest in eternal peace, Amen) brings us to an excursion on the road to real friendship. The late Nchimbi gives a clear distinction between the love which is based on its usefulness and the love which is there for its own sake. This is to inform us that true friendship is not conditional and that only when we love without having prior motives then that is the basis of a true and prosperous friendship.

The fifth article leads us to a logical path on the understanding of the theory of evolution and the thermal death of the Universe. The author Miroslaw Zabierowski provides us with a clear notion about change and how things evolve. He gives us another way of getting to understand the formation of the cosmos and the way things grow and/or decline with regard to time. Zabierowski offers us a new probabilistic theory of change. In this way he moves some feet away from the theories of some famous scientists such as Popper. His well elaborated ideas about chaos, change, time and if-zones offer us with a simple explanation of probabilistic interpretation of growing.

In the theological section we have two articles. In the first article which is entitled, Urban Small Christian Communities and Formation for the New Vision of the Church, Fr. Krzysztof Cieslikiewicz takes us through a thorough study about Small Christian Communities. He goes through a historical overview of the formation of SCC's in Tanzania and how the Bishops of Eastern Africa have tries to revitalize these communities. He explains the reasons why these communities are important in the life of the Church and for the human development of the people who make these communities. Taking SCC's as models of the human family and of the family of God, Fr. Krzysztof gives us a rich understanding about the importance of SCC's in our modern world.

The second article is well presented by Mr. Thadei Mwereke. In this article, The African Perspective of the Burial of the Dead and a Call to Discipleship as Portrayed in the Gospel of Matthew,the origin and original meaning of the passage is clearly given and elaborated. Some important aspects of what was going on sociologically when St. Matthew was writing his Gospel are well expounded. The interpretation of the passage in recent years has been given and discussions on the reading of the passage in an African setting have been explained. More importantly the writer affirms the importance of the Bible in our daily lives and warns us against using it in vain.

We strongly believe that this Volume will be offer a great intellectual nourishment to our readers. We also take this opportunity to welcome your various articles for the next volume of Africa Tomorrow.

The Editor

In the previous editions of AFRICA TOMORROW, the numbering system was not consistent. From 1999 up to 2005 we have had 7 Volumes. But their numbers are wrongly written.

We have

• Vol. 1 No. 1 / July 1999
• Vol. 1 No. 2 / July 2000
• Vol. 2 No. 1 / June 2001
• Vol. 2 No. 2 / June 2002
• Vol. 3 No. 1 / June 2003
• Vol. 3 No. 2 / June 2004
• Vol. 4 No. 1 / June 2005

According to the above numbering system the new edition is supposed to be VOL. 4 NO. 2 / JUNE 2006. However we would like to inform our cherished readers that this new edition is VOL. 8 NO. 1 / JUNE 2006. The Editorial Board would like to apologize for the past mistakes. We promise that from now on the numbering system will be made accordingly. We are sorry for any inconvenience which may have been caused.