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‘The Herds’ begins its journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle

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KINSHASA, Congo — In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand at attention in a clearing. Their handlers, puppeteers dressed in black, begin to move slowly through the woods, eventually picking up speed and breaking out into a run. These were the first steps […]

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50 years after Ali fought Foreman in Congo, the ‘jungle’ hasn’t stopped rumbling

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KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the main soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the underdog Muhammad Ali and the seemingly invincible George Foreman. “It was a big party,” Mamba said as he recalled his father, one of […]

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