Wambu: The Chieftain's Son
Piet Prins
Wambu is a young aborigine of New Guinea whose family is part of a small and slowly shrinking jungle tribe. The people's destiny is shaped by a witch doctor who rules the people's lives with superstition and terror.
Too small to carry on the tradition of headhunting, the tribe lives off the land, much to the disgust of the witch doctor who believes the tribe's spirit-strength is slowly being sapped.
One day Wambu and his father Koresio find a young fugitive girl, Sirja, who has escaped from a marauding band of cannibals. A young convert, Sirja introduces Wambu to Jesus and thereby earns the implacable hatred of the witch doctor.
The scheming, seething witch doctor shames the men into a headhunt against the much stronger village of Kitoe, a center of terrorism and cannibalism. When the hunt ends in disaster, the vengeful witch doctor blames Sirja. Things look bad for her, and the suddenly the village of Kitoe strikes back...
Duration - 5h 40m.
Author - Piet Prins.
Narrator - Craig Roberts.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 1981 Paideia Press ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Wambu is a young aborigine of New Guinea whose family is part of a small and slowly shrinking jungle tribe. The people's destiny is shaped by a witch doctor who rules the people's lives with superstition and terror. Too small to carry on the tradition of headhunting, the tribe lives off the land, much to the disgust of the witch doctor who believes the tribe's spirit-strength is slowly being sapped. One day Wambu and his father Koresio find a young fugitive girl, Sirja, who has escaped from a marauding band of cannibals. A young convert, Sirja introduces Wambu to Jesus and thereby earns the implacable hatred of the witch doctor. The scheming, seething witch doctor shames the men into a headhunt against the much stronger village of Kitoe, a center of terrorism and cannibalism. When the hunt ends in disaster, the vengeful witch doctor blames Sirja. Things look bad for her, and the suddenly the village of Kitoe strikes back... Duration - 5h 40m. Author - Piet Prins. Narrator - Craig Roberts. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1981 Paideia Press ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
1 Bagging a Possum
Duration:00:23:20
2 Hassewiets, the Renegade
Duration:00:19:10
3 Wambu Saves the Renegade’s Life
Duration:00:16:50
4 Neck and Neck
Duration:00:16:47
5 Melania Dead
Duration:00:15:48
6 Sirja
Duration:00:22:11
7 Happy Days
Duration:00:15:26
8 The Headhunt
Duration:00:27:11
9 Adventures in the Jungle
Duration:00:26:55
10 The Homecoming
Duration:00:20:42
11 A Monstrous Catch
Duration:00:14:50
12 A Dog for Wambu
Duration:00:15:59
13 Sendivar, the Conniver
Duration:00:16:01
14 Kitoe Plans Revenge
Duration:00:08:47
15 An Ominous Discovery
Duration:00:14:17
16 The End of the Village
Duration:00:16:29
17 Wambu the Prisoner
Duration:00:17:21
18 Makoka’s Foster Son
Duration:00:17:48
19 Wambu’s Escape
Duration:00:14:05
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:17