Volume 39, Number 4 · February 13, 1992
The Pretender Speaks
By Darryl Pinckney
The cult of Prester John was still going strong in 1985. A man would rise up with the sacred jewel of kingship around his neck and restore Mother Africa to her glory. Contenders were everywhere; they rushed to keep up with every controversy, like a flock of rooks, crying in the air currents, trailing gulls to a dump site. If you fired a bullet into space, you'd bring down a black leader.
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