From the exhibition
Doc Savage: El país del Largo Jujú
· 1937

This Spanish-language Doc Savage story, "El país del largo juju" (The Land of the Long Juju), by Kenneth Robeson, concerns Colonel John Renwick, engineer of the Doc Savage group, overseeing railroad construction through East Africa. In the opening chapters, Renwick encounters an African messenger who has survived a deadly journey, pursued by hostile tribes—the Masai and Okoyong—who worship a "Long Juju" fetish. The messenger dies before fully relaying his message: that King Udu of Kokoland is threatened with deposition. When warriors attack Renwick's camp, he learns from a note on a spear that a white man directs the opposition to the railroad. Renwick contacts Doc Savage by radio to report that Prince Zaban, the king's son, is in New York and may hold crucial information about the "Long Juju" conspiracy. The narrative emphasizes the railroad's strategic importance in the region, shadowy supernatural elements, and coordinated opposition combining tribal warfare with European interference.
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