Tanzania: Father Moyo - a Beacon of Hope to Poor Villagers

Events in A wreath for Father Mayer revolve around the parish priest at Mkono village, in Songea District. Father Denis Moyo is a Catholic priest, who is portrayed as hardworking and innovative. When the novel begins, he is rounding up a service during which he announced the death of at least 20 of his members, who had died of cholera.

He is vexed by the deaths, and questions how this could have happened. Thoughts are flooding his mind as he prays for the disease-stricken village and at the same time he mulls over ways of helping the suffering people.

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