Bosambo of the River

· 1932

I.--ARACHI THE BORROWER II.--THE TAX RESISTERS III.--THE RISE OF THE EMPEROR IV.--THE FALL OF THE EMPEROR V.--THE KILLING OF OLANDI VI.--THE PEDOMETER VII.--THE BROTHER OF BOSAMBO VIII.--THE CHAIR OF THE N'GOMBI IX.--THE KI-CHU X.--THE CHILD OF SACRIFICE XI.--"THEY" XII.--THE AMBASSADORS XIII.--GUNS IN THE AKASAVA Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. Bosambo, who had other views on the matter, was given an axe and a saw in the penal settlement--which was a patch of wild forest in the back country--and told to cut down and trim certain mahogany-trees in company with …

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