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Schweitzer Faces Africa Backlash Over Work and World View
Albert Schweitzer, lauded as a living man of music theology philosophy and medical aid in Africa, faces mixed reception in Gabon where officials limit his teaching. African leaders and city residents debate his relevance amid calls that independence came too soon. Schweitzer jokes about Africans picking fruit reflect long standing tensions as patients keep flocking to his Ogowe river hospital despite controversy.
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Albert Schweitzer
Africa
United Nations
Schweitzer
Ogowe River
Lambarene
Gabon