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The Coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere,
a former nurse's aide in the United States, as king of Uganda - October
19, 2009
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| A group of local boy scouts march ahead of the coronation
of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda,
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide
in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his
homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| Charles Wesley Mumbere show the coat of arms of his kingdom
during an interview at his house in Kasese, Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 hours
before he was crowned king of the ethnic group the Bakonjo people in the
Rwenzururu district of western Uganda. An African man who worked for years
as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is
back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the
mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| People walk through the woods to attend the coronation of
Charles Wesley Mumbere as King of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda,
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide
in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his
homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| A group of local boy scouts march ahead of the coronation
of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda,
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide
in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his
homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| A girl sleeps in her mothers lap at the coronation of
Charles Wesley Mumbere as King of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda,
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide
in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his
homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| Men play the flute ahead of the coronation of Charles
Wesley Mumbere as King of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday,
Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the
United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland
after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| Traditional dancers perform at a traffic circle during the
coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in
western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years
as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is
back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the
mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| Tom Stacey a British author and historian on the Rwezururu
people wait under a banana leave to be granted access to the coronation of
Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda,
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide
in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his
homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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| Tom Stacey, center, a British author and historian on the
Rwezururu people and his grandson Tom Stacey wait with other
dignitaries under a banana leave to be granted access to the
coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese
in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked
for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the
elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king
of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel
Prinsloo) |
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| Thousands of people attend the coronation of Charles
Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western
Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for
years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the
elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was
crowned king of his people in the mountains of western
Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) |
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 The
coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king
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