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...Leopard & the Monkey. In 1951 the Chagga chose as their Paramount Chief Thomas Lenana Mlanga Marealle, 43, well-educated (Cambridge and the London School of Economics) grandson of a chief who ruled during the years be fore World War I when Tanganyika was a German protectorate. To his own people, Marealle II is known as Mangi Mkuu (Great Chief), to the whites of Tanganyika, he is King Tom. But by whatever name he is known, he is one of Africa's most remarkable statesmen. He runs his country through a hierarchy of elected and hereditary councils which are topped...
They failed, defeated by ice, huge cliffs and a blizzard. But they did get to the top of Lenana Peak, more than 16,000 ft. high. There they planted an Italian flag, which they had managed to conceal throughout their internment. Then came the grueling descent, with the sick man a burden and with an almost complete lack of food. Eighteen days after they walked out, they staggered back into the P.W. camp. A humane British commander limited punishment to seven days behind bars...
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