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Word: batoula (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...decked himself in flowing blue robes, green-&-gold skullcap, ram's-horn necklace and a resounding title: Batoula, the Great Marabout and Prince of Zombie. As prince of an African voodoo cult, he spoke flamboyantly of 2,000,000 followers. In 1939 he made a trip to New York. Harlem gave him a lavish reception, and many a dusky laundress dreamed of becoming his Princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Grand Zombie | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

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