Thanks Marco & Bernd, is it the portrait on the left you're talking about or is there another image?
http://www.xs4all.nl/~dmsweb/meteorites/mbale/mbale.html R. --- Marco Langbroek <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo, 6.12.2010: > Von: Marco Langbroek <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Details on Mbale > An: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> > Datum: Montag, 6. Dezember, 2010 23:09 Uhr > > Thanks Al, I have the article > now. > > > > I did some research on the boy some time ago, > unfortunately there are no documented details on who he > was. > > Back in 1992 I did see a video of the field interview with > the boy (through an interpreter) made by Hans Betlem, who > did te field research at Mbale. > > At the time I already said to Hans: "you should have > recorded more personal details!". Historical details like > this just survive better with a name attached to it. > Everybody remembers the name "Ann Hodges", 56 years after > date. This while "some 12-14 year old boy at Mbale" will > quickly (and undeservedly) gain the label "apocryphal" as > time will progress, I am affraid > > There is a photograph of the boy in the MAPS article on > Mbale. > > - Marco > > ----- > Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek > Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) > > e-mail: [email protected] > http://www.dmsweb.org > http://www.marcolangbroek.nl > ----- > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
