Loud worship and other contrasts set apart Kenya’s large community of Quakers
KAIMOSI, Kenya (AP) — There are an estimated 400,000 members worldwide of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. About half live in Africa with most in Kenya, where Americans introduced the religion.
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