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Along a narrow trail in the jungle of darkest New Guinea, pith helmet set at a jaunty angle, strides the lithe young figure of Errol Flynn. Suddenly the dark wall of foliage opens, and a hail of spears comes streaming through. Ambush! The native bearer next to Flynn falls dead...
Bidding for political power, the Lower Congo's Abako Party announced it would boycott the December vote rather than submit to the "slowness" of Brussels' timetable. Hoping to gain control of the rival Congolese National Movement, an ambitious politician named Patrice Lumumba increased the ante. Fiery Lumumba, a...
The Feminine Touch. To keep the peace, the Belgians packed Kalondji off to jail, but they could not hold him long. When he was released last month, the Lulua howled in rage. Last week they sought revenge. Smeared with war paint, Lulua warriors began by burning two Baluba villages to...
Dance. The Bayanihan (roughly meaning "Togetherness" in Tagalog) Philippine Dance Company opened on Broadway to critical cheers. Founded at the Philippine Women's University in 1957, the troupe has an active repertory of some 40 folk dances practiced in all areas of the Philippines, from the mountain villages of...
What makes a missionary? What is the drive that sends men into deserts and jungles to face fever and frostbite, indifference and hostility? When so many nearer to home need converting, why should five young Americans die in a hail of spears in an Ecuadorian jungle trying to bring the...