Word: negus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What better beginning for a spirited boy than a privileged African childhood during the confident Edwardian age? While nine-year-olds in Britain listened to tales of adventure, young Wilfred lived them. "My brother Brian and I watched the Shoan armies as they went north to give battle to Negus Mikael and his Wollo hordes," he writes. "All were armed -- some with rifles, others with spears, while nearly all wore swords and carried shields...