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Schweitzer Faces African Backlash Over Role and Legacy
Albert Schweitzer nears the end of his life amid controversy as African leaders and an American observer dispute his influence. Gabon officials bar him from teaching while locals still flock to his Ogowe river hospital seeking care, praising his medical work despite political tensions and questions about his racial and colonial-era views.
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V. Albert Schweitzer
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Ogowe
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Inequitorial Africa