Saunders published two more Imaro novels, in 19. Just as importantly, he must face down the “Mizungus”-pale people (Caucasian/European)-who want to exploit Black Africans as slaves. Imaro battles devilish wizards and jealous (toady lizard) rivals to win his black queen. The first novel, named for the eponymous hero, appeared in 1981. In fact, Imaro belonged to the Fantasy genre-a novel form that falls between sci-fi and sword-and-sandal capers. There he lived for 15 years, typing up short stories, tapping out radio plays, doing journalism, and also beginning to imagine an African hero-Imaro-who many would connect to Tarzan. (Canada accepted 10,000, Yank, Vietnam-War refuseniks.) So, he escaped to Canada, to Ottawa-Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Ottawa-which welcomed him. In 60s parlance, Charles was a “draft-dodger.” No he weren’t! He be an anti-Vietnam War “Conscientious Objector”-like Muhammad Ali.
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