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...calling card gave the visitor's home address as Rolyat Castle, Accra, on West Africa's Gold Coast; his phone numbers, 337 and 406. He was Nii Kwabena Bonne III, Osu (chief) of Alata Manche, Oyoko-hene (headman) of Techeman, and general president of the Ga Football Association (Alata Manche, Techeman and Ga are states on West Africa's Gold Coast). Last week the Osu flew some 3,000 miles to Britain, leaving twelve wives behind in his Accra palace. He landed at London Airport wearing red and green robes, a red hat spangled with jewels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Specs for the Osu | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

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