A sporting life in Africa
Apr 21, 2021
3 minutes
1929, my father rowed an African war canoe out on Lake Victoria to the island of Zilagora. The boat skimmed ahead of hippo bulls charging them under bow waves. It passed islands of rocks that fragmented as dozens of basking crocodiles slithered into the depths. On Zilagora was a lone survivor dressed in rags with a blackpowder musket, horn and shot satchel. He revealed that crocodiles had eaten some of his fellow islanders,
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