Pole to Pole
Day 108: Kigoma to Mpulungu

Huddled in a corner, looking pathetic and helpless, with glazed eyes and glassy stare, is the accused. He wears a thin brown shirt and trousers, black moccasin shoes and a fat wristwatch. He bears an unnerving resemblance to Nelson Mandela.
The witch doctor, Dr Baela, is a young man from Zaire. He has pouting lips and big lazy eyes. He wears a head-dress of genet fur, a pink tunic with his name on the back and a pair of welding goggles. In one hand he holds a heart-shaped mirror with a border of shells and in the other a small pot with a mirror set into it. His helpers wear white cotton robes with red crosses on them.
It may be the effect of the presence of a camera, but they all look sheepish and rather awkward, like children at the start of a school play.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Pole to Pole
- Day: 108
- Country/sea: Zambia
- Place: Mpulungu
- Book page no: 245
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