From Stranded in the Heart of Darkness...
"Red-shirted man speaks once more. In turn, I gaze at the interpreter, await his translation.
“You have fought and killed many men?” he hesitantly asks.
I shake my head.
“No,” I say, taken aback. “I have never killed anyone.”
“In the voodoo culture,” the translator goes on, “men who are able to wear such a band are considered to be powerful fighters.” Now gesturing towards the red-shirted man. “This man here envies you for your power.”
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In 2009, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vincent Zandri traveled to Benin, Africa to report on the work being done on a hospital ship docked at the Port of Cotonou.
During the two week mission, Zandri went into the bush to inspect a new agricultural center being constructed there. A seemingly simple enough assignment. But what he encountered instead was trouble when the 4X4 he and his fixer were driving became hopelessly struck in a swamp.
The rescue that occurred later would come not in the form of EMTs or the fire brigade, but instead a group of voodoo practicing natives.
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