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Congorilla, Adventures With Pygmies and Gorillas in Africa by Martin Johnson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In the first half of the 20th Century, Martin Johnson with his wife Osa, captured the public's imagination through their films and books of adventure in exotic, faraway lands. As photographers, explorers, naturalists, and authors, they studied the wildlife and peoples of these unknown lands and brought back film footage and photographs, offering many Americans their first understanding of these distant places. In Congorilla, Johnson writes about his experiences of making the first African movie with 'sound', entirely in Africa. The movie recorded the sights and sounds of the Mbuti pygmy tribe of the Ituri Forest. Additionally, he recorded his capture of three extremely rare live gorillas from the Alumbongo Hills. The Johnsons returned to the US and released the highly successful movie "Congorilla" to US audiences in 1932. Shortly there after, Martin and Osa went on lecture tours in support of their movie and related book. These tours were highlighted by the live appearance of their captive gorillas, Ingagi and Congo. Both became national sensations. Because of their notoriety, it is sometimes rumored that the Johnsons' tour, with their star gorillas, were the inspiration for

Who reads Congorilla, Adventures With Pygmies and Gorillas in Africa?

Author

Martin Johnson

Publisher

Georg G. Harrap & Co. Ltd

Published

1932

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, African History, Humanities