“ When I stayed in another prison in Congo, an 86-year-old inmate told me that before the Europeans came, a criminal had to stay under a mango tree to be punished. The villagers would gather round and everyone would say something positive about him and he would start to feel guilty and repent.
But I don’t want to oversimplify. In other cases, criminals were wrapped in banana leaves and set on fire.
But I don’t want to oversimplify. In other cases, criminals were wrapped in banana leaves and set on fire.
