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The man who translated for Ali in Kinshasa

Olela Shungu, Muhammad Ali's translator during the Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa in 1974, on his recollections of that fight, how he then got hired by President Mobutu, and how the much-hyped bout was used to put Zaire on the world map.

Photo shows Muhammad Ali being greeted in downtown Kinshasa, Zaire. Photo credit: AP Photo

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